Rampant Clermont Auverge teach Exeter a painful Champions Cup lesson

• Exeter 8-35 Clermont Auvergne• Visitors pick up bonus point in five-try demolitionSo far this season Exeter have not been their usual fizzing selves and there were a distinct lack of champagne moments for the locals to savour in Devon on Sunday. A nagging fear always lurked that the Chiefs’ patchy recent form might not bode well for the visit of Clermont and the home side’s worst nightmares were duly confirmed long before the final whistle.Those who opted to stay home on Sunday missed a distinctly one-sided contest which saw the French Top 14 leaders register three first-half tries against a…