Exeter snatch victory over 14-man Newcastle Falcons

Newcastle (7) 14Tries: Haydon-Wood, McGuigan Cons: Haydon-Wood 2Exeter (7) 15Tries: Schickerling, Innard Con: J Simmonds Pens: J Simmonds

A late Joe Simmonds penalty with four minutes to go gave Exeter a narrow one-point victory over 14-man Newcastle Falcons.

Falcons fly-half Will Haydon-Wood intercepted a pass to open the scoring after 23 minutes before Callum Chick was red-carded for a high tackle.

Close-range tries from Patrick Schickerling and Jack Innard either side of half-time put Exeter 12-7 up.

Newcastle regained the lead through George McGuigan's barnstorming run before...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

Already a subscriber to our website? Login