Exeter Chiefs

Chiefs back Foster joins Jersey on loan

Exeter Chiefs back Mark Foster has joined Championship outfit Jersey on loan until the end of the season.

The 29-year-old is one of two new captures – alongside Mark McCrea from Irish side Connacht – which the Channel Islands club have confirmed as they look to preserve their status in English rugby’s second tier following promotion last term.

Foster, who made his debut for the Chiefs against Moseley in September 2009, has played 59 times in total for the Devon club, scoring 20 tries in the process.

Two of those tries came in Exeter’s first-ever Aviva Premiership...

Tough talking pays dividends says Chiefs' Jack Yeandle

Jack Yeandle admitted some tough internal talking helped to get the Exeter Chiefs back to winning ways with victory over London Welsh in the Aviva Premiership on Saturday.

Without a win in their five previous top flight fixtures, the Chiefs responded in fine fashion as they ran in five tries during a dominant 47-16 display against the Exiles at Sandy Park.

Making his first Premiership start for the Devon club since his switch from Championships side Doncaster Knights last summer, Yeandle helped play a key role in that success story as he claimed Exeter's opening try when he...

Chiefs return to winning ways at Sandy Park

Authored by Marc Astley
Posted: Sun, 02/24/2013 - 8:46am

Exeter Chiefs returned to winning ways in the Aviva Premiership by turning in a stellar five-star display against visiting London Welsh at Sandy Park.

Hurting following a five-game winless streak, Rob Baxter’s side responded in the best possible fashion as they posted their biggest-ever total in the top flight against the Exiles.

Baxter hopes return to home ground will provide perfect pick-me-up

Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter hopes a return to home surroundings will provide the perfect pick-me-up to get his ailing side back on track in the Aviva Premiership.

With just one league defeat at Sandy Park this season - that came against Northampton Saints back in early January - the Chiefs welcome Premiership newcomers to London Welsh to Devon tomorrow (3pm).

Like the Chiefs, the visitors have also been experiencing some tough times of late and last weekend's narrow home defeat to Sale Sharks has pulled Lyn Jones' team into the division's relegation fight.

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