Exeter’s Fanzone is open this weekend for the Rugby World Cup 2015 semi final matches.
As well as live coverage of the games, there's a jam-packed entertainment schedule and the best local food and drink all... all in Northernhay Gardens in the city centre.
The schedule is as follows:
Saturday 24th October - Open noon-7pm
12.30pm: Fanzone Advantag: 23-19 youth band from North Devon Centre for Contemporary Music.
1pm: Fanzone Advantage - 5-15 youth band from North Devon Centre for Contemporary Music 1.30pm: La Vie En Rose
They say home is where the heart is and for Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter, he’s well aware that if his side are to be genuine contenders for a play-off spot in this season’s Aviva Premiership, then finding the winning formula at Sandy Park will be key.
Last term only two sides - Leicester Tigers and Gloucester - emerged victorious from the Devon venue as the Chiefs posted their best-ever top flight finish.
Sadly, such form was not enough to ensure Baxter’s men of a top four placing, points difference denying them on the final day, but it did show the Chiefs were more...
Until 2nd November, AEG is giving Rugby Club Youth Sections (Junior and Mini teams) in England, Scotland and Wales the chance to win one of twenty sets of Canterbury kit (shirts, socks, water bottles and boot bags) as well as 20 Canterbury balls and 2 ball bags for their club.
To top it off the clubs will also win a top of the range AEG OKOMix washing machine to care for the kit. All 20 winners will then have a chance to win one of three training sessions with a rugby legend like Will Greenwood at their club.
Entry to the competition is simple and just requires a photo and...
George Ford put the disappointment of England’s turgid Rugby World Cup campaign firmly behind him as his return to club colours helped Bath kick-off the new Aviva Premiership season with a narrow victory over Exeter Chiefs.
The England playmaker’s 14-point haul – including a penalty two minutes from time – proved the key difference in a tight affair at the Recreation Ground. Ford edged out opposite number Gareth Steenson in the game’s key kicking duel and he was part and parcel of Bath’s one and only try, scored in the first half...
Ben Moon has warned his Exeter Chiefs team-mates they can expect the ultimate examination when they kick-off their Aviva Premiership campaign on Saturday away to rivals Bath (2pm).
With a lengthy and gruelling pre-season done and dusted for Devon’s finest, it’s now that the business end is about to begin and the 26-year-old prop is well aware of what looms large on the horizon.
Impressive victories over Bath and Gloucester - both home and away - meant the Chiefs collected the inaugural Westcountry Challenge Cup with an unblemished record and with plenty of positives safely...
Hooker Jack Yeandle admitted it was an “easy decision” to pen a new contract extension with the Exeter Chiefs.
Signed in 2012 from Championship side Doncaster Knights, the 25-year-old forward has quickly settled to Aviva Premiership and European rugby life with his hometown club - and his influence, both on and off the field, was recently rewarded by head coach Rob Baxter, who entrusted him with the role of club captain for the new season.
A key figure in the recent rise of the Devon club, Yeandle has already amassed 50 appearances in English rugby’s top flight, as well as...
Although the Rugby World Cup won’t always be on, and it won’t always be hosted in England, meaning there won’t always be an Exeter fan zone, watching a game from the fan zone was a great way to start getting involved in the city.
I chose to head down for the Ireland Vs France game – primarily because my boyfriend is from Belfast and he was dying to go, but also because it was set to be a good game. More importantly, the weather was perfect. One of those crisp autumn days that’s cold enough to feel a hint of Christmas but it was still comfortable.
A happy Rob Baxter refused to get too carried away despite seeing his Exeter Chiefs wrap up their pre-season programme with an impressive 43-16 victory over Bath at the Recreation Ground.
Having already lay claim to the inaugural Westcountry Challenge Cup with a game to spare, the Chiefs turned round a 16-14 deficit to run in 29 unanswered points in a polished second half showing.
Converted first half tries from Luke Cowan-Dickie and the returning Dave Ewers were cancelled out by three Tom Homer penalties and his conversion of Matt Banahan’s try on the stroke of half time...
Exeter Chiefs produced a clinical second half display to sink rivals Bath in their final pre-season run-out ahead of the new Aviva Premiership season.
Trailing 16-14 at the turn, Rob Baxter’s side scored 29 unanswered points to ensure they lifted the inaugural Westcountry Challenge Cup with an unblemished record.
Converted first half tries from Luke Cowan-Dickie and the returning Dave Ewers were cancelled out by three Tom Homer penalties and his conversion of Matt Banahan’s try on the stroke of half time.
However, the second half belonged solely to the visitors,...
Head coach Rob Baxter says he will use tomorrow’s final Westcountry Challenge Cup fixture at Bath as the ideal opportunity to fine tune his Exeter Chiefs squad ahead of the new 2015/16 season.
Having already collected three pre-season wins over Gloucester (home and away) and Bath at home, Baxter knows this latest encounter at the Recreation Ground (5.45pm) offers the final chance for his players to stake their claims ahead of the big kick-off.
With Bath also providing the opposition for Exeter’s opening Aviva Premiership game of the season next week, some may feel neither...
