Exeter Rugby Club

Date change for Saracens away game

Premiership Rugby has today confirmed that the Saracens versus Exeter Chiefs game, originally scheduled to be played on Saturday 22 February will now be played 24 hours later following a request from the home club.

That means the Chiefs will make the trip to Allianz Park on Sunday 23 February with a 3pm kick-off.

Saracens have also confirmed similar changes for their home games against Newcastle Falcons and London Irish.

All matches from rounds one to seven are confirmed but the rest of the season is subject to change.

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Exeter Chiefs 2013/14 Seaton Lift Off

Event Date: 
24/07/2013 - 6:00pm
Venue: 
Sandy Park, Exeter

Excitement is already building amongst the Exeter Chiefs family ahead of what promises to be another fantastic year of rugby at Sandy Park.

With head coach Rob Baxter having assembled another impressive looking squad for the 2013/14 campaign, we are offering you the chance to get up close and personal with all the Chiefs at our special Season Launch event.

Go along to Sandy Park on Wednesday, July 24 (6pm) for a free evening of enjoyment that includes: meet the players, corporate tag rugby, skills challenge, children's enteratinment, Chief's treasure hunt, live...

James settling in nicely at Chiefs

Newcomer Tom James may only have been at Sandy Park a matter of weeks, but already the Welshman says he is settling in well to life with the Exeter Chiefs.

One of a a handful of new recruits brought in by head coach Rob Baxter during the close season, James is clearly keen to make his mark in English rugby having spent the past six seasons with the Cardiff Blues.

The challenge of tackling English rugby’s elite sides was a key factor in the 26-year-old’s decision to join the Chiefs – and he knows the hard work put in by himself and his new colleagues during the current pre-...

Life’s A Beach for the Chiefs

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 07/03/2013 - 12:19pm

Exeter Chiefs have been getting stuck into their pre-season programme for a couple of weeks now, but today they headed to the seaside for a different sort of work-out with the club’s conditioning staff.

Whereas much of the initial work has been centered around the club’s Sandy Park, this time the Chiefs playing squad popped along to nearby Exmouth Beach for a series of testing drills.

From sand dune shuttles to grappling, heavyweight lifting to ball work, it seems no pebble was left unturned as Rob Baxter’s team geared themselves up for the new 2013/14 season.

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New Chiefs fly-half Sweeney keen to get started

Newcomer Ceri Sweeney says he cannot wait to tackle the demands of the Aviva Premiership when he kick-starts his Exeter Chiefs career next week.

Signed during the close season from Welsh outfit Cardiff Blues, the 33-year-old fly-half is one of four newcomers Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter has brought ahead of the new 2013/14 season. After five years playing in the Welsh capital with the Blues, Sweeney is keen to experience a new playing challenge and feels his move to Sandy Park will offer him the perfect opportunity of testing himself in another tough rugby environment. "I've never...

Chiefs are busy preparing "to hit the season hard", says Hepher

Exeter Chiefs assistant coach Ali Hepher is expecting the Aviva Premiership to be even tougher when it returns to full-on action in early September.

Last season the Chiefs finished sixth in arguably their toughest top flight campaign to date – an outcome which ensured the Devon club would be competing amongst Europe’s elite in the Heineken Cup once more. However, Hepher believes the 2013/14 season will see the standard rise even further and has issued a timely warning to his players of what to expect. “It always cranks up a notch,” said Hepher. “If you stand still you fall behind...

Richie's farewell performance helps steer Chiefs into the Heineken Cup again next season

Exeter Chiefs 40 Gloucester 39

Richard Baxter brought the curtain down on his illustrious career with the Exeter Chiefs by playing a leading role in his side’s final-day Aviva Premiership victory over Gloucester.

After 16 stand-out years at the Devon club, the all-action forward said his goodbyes with not only one last hurrah in the black jersey, but by also helping steer the Chiefs into the Heineken Cup again next season.

In a pulsating encounter at a packed Sandy Park, the Chiefs notched up their 12th league win of the campaign to ensure them of a crucial top six...

Great for the Chiefs, great for the citizens of Exeter

Following the announcement last week that the Rugby World Cup is set to come to Exeter's very own Sandy Park in 2015, combined with a thrilling end to the Season which saw the Chiefs notching up their 12th league win of the campaign to ensure them of a crucial top six finish, Exeter Rugby Club are on an all-time high. In 2015, when over 4.5 million viewers from across the globe will be watching the relative minnows in the list of Rugby World Cup venues, exactly what does this mean for the Chiefs and for the city? The Exeter Daily spoke to the key people that made it happen.

Tony...

Chiefs reveal side to face Gloucester tomorrow

Exeter Chiefs' head coach Rob Baxter believes the efforts his players have put in this season in the Aviva Premiership means they should be crowned with a place amongst Europe's elite next term.

With just tomorrow's sold-out home date against Gloucester remaining for the Devon club, they enter into Round 22 knowing a Heineken Cup place is within their grasp. Victory for the Chiefs this weekend will not only guarantee them of the final qualification spot, but it could also see Baxter's side leapfrog their rivals in the league standings and potentially claim fifth spot for a second...

Richie to retire after Chiefs clash with Gloucester on Saturday

Richard Baxter will say an emotional farewell to life at Exeter Rugby Club when he runs out for his final game in a Chiefs jersey in Saturday’s Aviva Premiership clash with Gloucester at Sandy Park (2pm).

The long-serving No 8, who is poised to make his 431st outing for the Devon club, has decided to call time on his senior career and switch his attentions to life away from the game which has served him so well for so many years.

Since making his first team debut away to Fylde on October 11, 1997 – Baxter has established himself as one of the true greats of the club,...

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