A first-ever play-off place assured in the Aviva Premiership, Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter is now setting new targets for his side as a gripping top flight season heads into the final straight.
Alongside Saracens and Sunday’s visitors to Sandy Park, Wasps, the Chiefs are one of three confirmed play-off contenders with two rounds of the scheduled domestic campaign remaining.
Defending champions Saracens look likely to claim pole position following 22 rounds of action, but the battle for home advantage between the Chiefs and Wasps could well go to the wire if the Devon...
ENGLAND and Exeter Chiefs rugby star Jack Nowell has discovered that a family member was among the soldiers who fell on the first day of the battle of the Somme and who will be commemorated in an astonishing centenary project this summer. The 19240 Shrouds of the Somme project aims to remember all 19,240 allied soldiers who died on 1st July 1916. Artist Rob Heard has created hand-stitched, shrouded figurines to represent every one of them and the installation will be unveiled on July 1st. Cornishman Jack discovered that his great, great Uncle Frank was among them at a charity dinner at the...
Exeter Chiefs officials can this morning confirm that Sunday’s Aviva Premiership encounter with Wasps at Sandy Park (1pm) is now officially sold out.
The ticket office were hopeful that there may have been a number of tickets returned by Wasps for the much-anticipated clash, but this has not been the case and there will be no sales from this point onwards.
Sunday’s fixture will be the fifth time this season that the Chiefs have sold out a top flight game.
Those who have been unable to obtain tickets for the game should note that the game is to be screened live on BT...
Exeter Chiefs and Samurai Sportswear are predicting a bright future ahead after today agreeing a new long-term contract.
The five-year deal will see the Norfolk-based sportswear manufacturer continue to supply the Aviva Premiership club with its innovative range of playing kit and off-field leisurewear, as well as providing an extensive range of kit and clothing for the club’s support base.
The partnership, which was first signed in 2010 before the Chiefs were promoted into English rugby’s top flight, is the joint longest of its type in the Premiership, with both parties...
Scotsman Moray Low says it was an 'easy decision' for him to agree terms on a new deal with Aviva Premiership side Exeter Chiefs.
With his initial two-year stay set to expire this summer, the former Glasgow Warriors prop has put pen to paper on a similar deal, tying him to Sandy Park until 2018 at least.
Low’s decision to remain in Devon is yet another timely boost for Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter, who has wasted little time in tying down new contracts for a number of his current squad, as well as adding a fresh sprinkling of new faces for next season.
Walk 19240 yards (10.93 miles) in support of the 19240 Shrouds of the Somme project on August 20th 2016.
Sponsored by South West Communications, Northcott Beaton, Santander and The Landrover Experience, The Big Walk starts and finishes at recently reopened Sandy Park, and takes in a flat, scenic route through the River Exe Valley.
All walkers will be given a ticket for the Exeter Chiefs’ pre-season friendly against a top pro-12 side, kicking off at 3pm. Participants will be able to enjoy a drink and pasty following their walk, while soaking up Sandy Park’s famous atmosphere...
Frustrated Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter bemoaned a lack of discipline from his players as the wait to book a first-ever appearance in the Aviva Premiership play-offs continues.
een for a response after their European Champions Cup exit to Wasps the week previous, the Devonians again suffered away-day misery, slipping to a 16-9 loss at Gloucester.
After a scoreless opening half, Chiefs skipper Gareth Steenson fired them in front with the first of three successful penalties, but it was the Cherry & Whites who prevailed, claiming a converted score from debutant Olly...
Exeter’s wait to book a first-ever appearance in the Aviva Premiership play-offs will have to wait a little bit longer as they were undone by a courageous Gloucester outfit at Kingsholm.
Scoreless at the break following a bone-crunching battle of attrition, it was the home side who prevailed during the second period, claiming a converted score from Olly Thorley, as well as three penalties from Greg Laidlaw.
The Chiefs countered with three penalties from fly-half Gareth Steenson, but it was never enough on a damp and dismal night for Devon’s finest. With Rob Baxter’s side...
With little time to wallow in the disappointment of their European Champions Cup exit, it's back to the cut and thrust of the Aviva Premiership for Exeter Chiefs tomorrow as they take on Gloucester at Kingsholm (7.45pm).
Denied a place in the last four of Europe because of Jimmy Gopperth's last-gasp conversion a week ago, the prospect of booking a first-ever appearance in the Premiership play-offs should now act as the ideal incentive for Rob Baxter's side to attack the remainder of the season.
Having narrowly missed out on the play-offs last term due to points' difference...
In 1956 at Aintree it was Devon Loch who seemed destined for Grand National glory only to crash when in sight of the finish line.
Fifty years later, ironically on the same day as the world’s most famous horse race, it was Rob Baxter’s Exeter Chiefs side who slipped in the final furlong, losing their first-ever European Champions Cup quarter-final at the hands of rivals Wasps.
As the stadium clock clicked it’s way into the final second of 80 pulsating minutes, it was home full-back Charles Piutau who powered his way over the whitewash to deliver a telling blow on the...
