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Chris Bentley rugby player

Chris Bentley

24th May 1979 1.98m/118kg No 4 Lock

Exeter Chiefs vs Harlequins: Rob Baxter promises numerous changes...

7 years ago by Exeter Express & Echo

Rob Baxter has warned there will be 'numerous changes' to the Exeter Chiefs side that will battle Harlequins on Sunday for a place in the Anglo-Welsh Cup final.Rotation for the Anglo-Welsh Cup is nothing...

Chris Bentley column: Chiefs' win at Leicester was a delight,...

7 years ago by Exeter Express & Echo

Exeter Chiefs sit second in the Premiership and have an Anglo Welsh semi-final on Sunday, I think it's fair to say we are in positive mood at Sandy Park as rugby moves very much into the business end of...

Chris Bentley column: Exeter Chiefs, Exeter City and Sara Cox...

7 years ago by Exeter Express & Echo

Thank goodness then for good old fashioned radio and the dulcet tones of John Lockyer and Nigel Walrond. Despite the wonders of digital technology beaming HD pictures to our living rooms from sporting...

Chris Bentley column: Six Nations show rugby's a happening sport...

7 years ago by Exeter Express & Echo

Another semi-final for the Chiefs and a home tie to boot. We welcome Wasps to Sandy Park on Sunday and hosted an England under-20 international in the city on Saturday. Week two of the Six Nations is on...

Chris Bentley column: Exeter Chiefs' Jack Nowell deserves his own...

7 years ago by Exeter Express & Echo

There's good news and there's more good news. First up, the big story of the week: for those not in the know, Jack Nowell and Matt Jess were in rehab together. As a diversion from the battle back to fitness,...

Chris Bentley column: Mauling against Clermont will leave Exeter...

7 years ago by Exeter Express & Echo

Allow me to open this week's missive looking back. It is just over a year since the Chiefs were on their way to the Ricoh Arena to play in the quarter-finals of the European Champions Cup. Great emotions,...

Chris Bentley column: Exeter Chiefs can still qualify from...

7 years ago by Exeter Express & Echo

Well, we certainly enjoyed a first-half festive dinner at the AJ Bell Stadium on Friday, but there was little Christmas pudding in a second half that failed to deliver a single point.Sale did their best...

Chris Bentley column: Fixture schedulers need to start being...

7 years ago by Exeter Express & Echo

Did you see that cheeky smile on Tom's face when he hit the flat pass and ran to score? Well Tom-Tom it was 'Toot-Toot' and smiles all round Sandy Park as the fire returned to our game.The Chiefs' eight-try...

Chris Bentley column: Exeter Chiefs are in unfamiliar territory

8 years ago by Exeter Express & Echo

I woke in fine spirit on Sunday. Clocks going back, a nice lie in, weekend papers and a Sandy Park matchday. Everything was fine and dandy and my mood good. All that was about to change and how.All afternoon...

Chris Bentley column: After start we've seen, it's promising to...

8 years ago by Exeter Express & Echo

Muscles are flexed and motors are revved as the nations top rugby clubs have fired the opening salvos in what promises to be the Aviva Premiership's best ever season. Fast, furious and feisty early-season...