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Exeter Youth Rugby Community Fun Day

Event Date: 
12/09/2015 - 12:00pm
Venue: 
Oil Mill Lane, Clyst St Mary, Exeter

Get into the spirit of the Rugby World Cup at this community fun day.

Enjoy the Colts' first game of the season, along with a hog roast, bar and Pimms tent, bouncy castle, Bounce Active Zorb football fun, stalls and much more.

Noon-5pm, free entry.

Share your rugby story with Phonic FM

Exeter’s community radio station, Phonic FM, has commissioned a group of artists to produce four ‘radio portraits’.

These will be creative radio programmes, exploring the city and its communities as Rugby World Cup 2015 arrives in town this autumn.

The artists producing these radio portraits would love to hear from the people of Exeter, to weave their stories into these special radio programmes.

They’d especially like to hear from:

  • Teams and groups: these could be sports and games teams; craft and activity groups;
  • bands and choirs;
  • ...

Rugby For Dummies

Event Date: 
27/08/2015 - 7:00pm to 10:30pm

Have you ever been at an Exeter Chiefs match and wondered why the referee has made a particular call? Or are you someone who would like to watch more rugby, but are unsure on some of the rules?

Whether you’re a regular Chiefs’ spectator and want to brush up, or completely new to Rugby and want to learn the basics, at Rugby For Dummies Exeter Chiefs’ Head Coach Rob Baxter will take you through the rules and explain some of the decisions that affect matches at Sandy Park, with added insight into how the Chiefs’ train to work around them.

Taking place at 7pm on August 27th at...

Hepburn relishing new season ahead

Authored by Mark Stevens
Posted: Fri, 07/24/2015 - 12:19pm

Exeter Chiefs prop Alec Hepburn insists he's 'itching to start' as the countdown to the new 2015/16 season draws ever nearer.

Having joined the Aviva Premiership club from Australian outfit Perth Spirit in January, the former England Under-20s international is now firing on all cylinders having fully recovered from the knee injury which blighted his start to life at Sandy Park.

Lining up alongside a large nucleus of Rob Baxter's first team squad at their Topsham training base, Hepburn is looking to make the most of the current pre-season to lay the foundations for what he...

International stars sign up for Exeter rugby festival

The South West is getting set to go rugby crazy with the countdown to the first World Cup fixture in Exeter now well underway.

Tonga face Namibia in Pool C at Sandy Park on September 29 but there will be a sprinkling of international talent on show in the city before that to whet the appetite of rugby fans.

Former New Zealand Maori Brad Hepi and Welsh World Cup player Will James are two of the star names signed up to play in a charity tag rugby day in Exeter this weekend.

The Devon Rugby Legends Tag Feztival at Exeter Saracens on Saturday is raising awareness and...

Summer festival celebrates rugby

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Tue, 07/14/2015 - 12:25pm

There is guaranteed fun to be had on Sunday 19th July at Exeter Quay and the Piazza for the 3rd annual Active Exeter Summer Festival.

Each year hundreds of people come along to enjoy the free activities on offer, but this year there is a playful twist to the event. It may not have escaped people’s notice that in less than 80 days time, the South West will host rugby teams from around the world as Exeter transforms into a Rugby World Cup host city. To celebrate this momentous tournament, for one year only, the Active Exeter Summer event becomes a Festival of Rugby celebration, so...

Exeter gets dressed for Rugby World Cup

Residents of Exeter are being asked to stand up and stand out as Rugby World Cup 2015 showcases the city to a world audience.

In the lead up to international qualifying matches being played at Sandy Park, members of the public are being encouraged to style the city in celebration of Rugby World Cup 2015 coming to Exeter.

As part of the campaign to dress the city, sewing machines are being dusted off and knitting needles gathered to make a creative and eye-catching mark on Exeter. Using the colours of the flags of the countries playing at Sandy Park, the public are being...

Active Exeter Summer Festival

Event Date: 
19/07/2015 - 11:00am
Venue: 
Exeter Quay

Active Exeter at the Quay to have an exciting rugby twist! There is guaranteed fun to be had on Sunday 19th July at Exeter Quay and the Piazza for the 3rd annual Active Exeter Summer Festival. Each year hundreds of people come along to enjoy the free activities on offer, but this year there is a playful twist to the event. It may not have escaped people’s notice that in less than 80 days time, the South West will host rugby teams from around the world as Exeter transforms into a Rugby World Cup host city. To celebrate this momentous tournament, for one year only, the Active Exeter Summer...

Chiefs can expect punishing pre-season

Mark Twiggs says Exeter Chiefs players can expect to be ‘pushed to the limit’ during what will be a gruelling pre-season programme for the squad ahead of the new 2015/16 season.

With the Aviva Premiership set for a later start this term due to this autumn’s Rugby World Cup, the make-up of seasonal plans have been somewhat changed for all 12 top flight clubs in England.

Twiggs, who heads up the Strength & Conditioning department at the Chiefs, has spent much of the off season devising a structured training programme which he believes will ensure Rob Baxter’s team is in...

Webb Ellis Cup coming to Devon

In the build up to Rugby World Cup 2015 coming to Exeter, one of the 11 Host Cities, the Rugby World Cup Trophy Tour will head to the city, showcasing Exeter and Devon to a world audience.

Since May 2014, Rugby’s most coveted prize has been capturing the imagination of thousands of people across the world as part of the build up to Rugby World Cup 2015 and now the world famous Trophy has touched down in the UK following its’ global tour.

The Trophy is named after William Webb Ellis, credited as the inventor of Rugby Football, and is the prestigious prize for the sport....

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