Exeter Chiefs make historic semi-final with win over hapless...
1 decade ago by Exeter Express & EchoTwo hours up the M5 might not be the exotic journey usually associated with a European semi-final, but it is one Exeter Chiefs will be relishing after booking a historic last-four date with Gloucester...
Chris Ashton: Time has come to gatecrash England party
1 decade ago by The Telegraph“This is my time now,” says Chris Ashton, and for a moment in what has largely been an effervescent interview, he is serious. It is clear that his desire to return to the England squad burns as...
Chiefs relishing run-in - Hunter
1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: Rugby03 April 2015They are firmly in contention for an Aviva Premiership play-off place with just four league games left, while attention switches to European matters on Saturday night with...
Changes for Exeter Chiefs as Jack Nowell and Phil Dollman are...
1 decade ago by Exeter Express & EchoExeter Chiefs have made five changes to their starting XV for the European Challenge Cup quarter-final against Newcastle tomorrow evening (8pm). With England winger Jack Nowell and full-back Phil Dollman...
Exeter Chiefs v Newcastle Falcons: Match preview
1 decade ago by Exeter Express & EchoRob Baxter says that the lure of a maiden European semi-final means he will put out a full-strength Exeter Chiefs side to face Newcastle Falcons on Saturday evening. The two sides clash at Sandy Park...
Chris Ashton backed to regain England spot for the Rugby World Cup
1 decade ago by The TelegraphChris Ashton has been backed to win back his place in the England squad for the World Cup in September, with Mark McCall, the Saracens director of rugby, claiming the wing is playing better now than when...
Jason Robinson backs Jonny May to wing his way back in for...
1 decade ago by Gloucestershire EchoEngland legend Jason Robinson has backed Gloucester's Jonny May to reclaim a starting Red Rose jersey at the World Cup but insists he must find consistency.The 24-year-old started the opening two matches...
Weekend rugby review: Why are Chris Ashton and David Strettle not England's wingers?
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsIt does make you wonder watching Saracens how Chris Ashton and David Strettle are not England's wingers. At club level they are both outstanding and consistent, the arch poachers. And it is not as...
Leicester 25 Exeter Chiefs 18, Aviva Premiership match report: Freddie Burns kicks Tigers into top four of table
1 decade ago by The TelegraphFreddie Burns, the forgotten man of English rugby, kicked 20 points as Leicester leapfrogged Exeter Chiefs in the hunt for the play-offs. That is five successive league wins for Richard Cockerill’s...
Leicester v Exeter (Sat)
1 decade ago by BBC Rugby NewsEngland quartet Ben Youngs, Tom Youngs, Dan Cole and Geoff Parling start for Leicester after international duty. Hooker Leonardo Ghiraldini is on the bench after captaining Italy...
