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Premier 15s: Harlequins maintain perfect start with win at Wasps
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Saturday, 17 October 2020 14:54
Harlequins maintained their winning start to the Premier 15s season with a 31-12 victory away at Wasps.The hosts started brightly when Ellie Kildunne scored an excellent long-range try, before Quins took control to earn their second bonus-point win.Abbie Dow, Amy Cokayne, Sarah Beckett and Shaunagh Brown all scored tries, while Abbie Ward crossed twice.Next up for Quins, they host newcomers…
European player of the year: Exeter number eight Sam Simmonds wins award
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Saturday, 17 October 2020 13:38
Exeter forward Sam Simmonds has been named European Player of the Year.Simmonds, the older brother of Exeter captain Joe, was the competition's top try scorer with eight.The England international, 25, beat Exeter team-mate Stuart Hogg, Bristol centre Semi Radradra and the Racing pair of Finn Russell and Virimi Vakatawa to the award.Simmonds is the fourth English player in five years…
Champions Cup final: Exeter Chiefs 'never go away', says head coach Rob Baxter
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Saturday, 17 October 2020 13:20
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter said it was a "privilege" to be part of a club that "never goes away" after his side won the Champions Cup.Baxter, who played for Chiefs before taking over as head coach in 2009, said the club have always "stuck at it"."We have always just ticked along," Baxter told BBC Radio 5 Live."It's not…
Champions Cup final: Hogg & Russell face off in European final to savour
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Friday, 16 October 2020 09:31
Diplomacy demands that Gregor Townsend won't say who he's rooting for in the European Cup final on Saturday, but you can easily picture the Scotland coach with his feet up in front of the telly, safe in the knowledge that no matter what happens when Stuart Hogg's Exeter meets Finn Russell's Racing he'll still be laughing. Throw Jonny Gray, Sam…
Exeter v Racing 92: The inside story of Exeter's rise to the Champions Cup final
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Friday, 16 October 2020 22:59
The journey is the same, but Exeter's destination is now very different.Ten years ago, Exeter travelled up the M5 to Bristol for the biggest match in the club's history.On a damp May evening, Exeter shocked Bristol to take a place in the Premiership for the first time.On Saturday, they will return to the city.Instead of Bristol though, the opposition will…
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