Chiefs lower Saints' colours ... again
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Exeter Chiefs produced a devastating display of power and control to defeat Northampton Saints 21-10 and record an Premiership double over the reigning champions.
Phil Dollman scored a stunning opening try before James Wilson responded in kind for the visitors, but a second-half penalty try and the boot of Henry Slade were enough to see Exeter home with room to spare, despite Jamie Elliot's last-gasp try.
Both sides attacked from deep in an entertaining affair, but it was the destructive nature of the Chiefs pack - forcing countless penalties at the scrum and breakdown - that saw them …
Phil Dollman scored a stunning opening try before James Wilson responded in kind for the visitors, but a second-half penalty try and the boot of Henry Slade were enough to see Exeter home with room to spare, despite Jamie Elliot's last-gasp try.
Both sides attacked from deep in an entertaining affair, but it was the destructive nature of the Chiefs pack - forcing countless penalties at the scrum and breakdown - that saw them …
