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Features

/ 2 years ago

Expect the Chiefs Mk2 to be real contenders

PAUL REES LOOKS AT WHY EXETER’S DOR HAS PUT PLAYER RETENTION AHEAD OF RECRUITMENT AT SANDY PARK The most eye-catching result...

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Brendan Gallagher

/ 2 years ago

Scratch XV that downed Boks

Brendan Gallagher was at Sixways when a National League One team caused a big upset - here he looks back to the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 2 years ago

Cheika knows he will be judged on results

Leicester were once a byword for stability. Like Liverpool FC, they had a reputation for promoting from within and benefiting from...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Tuima: I have to move up the ladder

By MARK STEVENS Even by his own expectations, it’s been quite the year for Exeter Chiefs forward Rusi Tuima. Handed his...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Exeter confirm signing of former Irish prop

EXETER have confirmed the signing of former London Irish prop Will Goodrick-Clarke from Ealing Trailfinders. As revealed in The Rugby Paper...

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Features

/ 2 years ago

Shattering end to Iestyn’s dreams

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW Iestyn Harris had only just started to run with a rugby ball when...

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English Gallagher Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Young guns who are shining for the Chiefs

Paul Rees talks to Exeter DoR Rob Baxter to find out how his investment in homegrown talent is paying off at...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Fighting back from hip injury was my biggest success – Devoto

By MARK STEVENS Centre stage: Ollie Devoto playing for Exeter Ollie Devoto has enjoyed many a triumph with Exeter over the...

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Premiership

/ 2 years ago

It’s a tale of mixed emotions for Baxter

When Rob Baxter sits down to carry out his final assessment of this season, the Exeter director of rugby will look...

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English Gallagher Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Slade extends his stay at the Chiefs

ENGLAND centre Henry Slade has agreed a new contract with Exeter. The 31-year-old has won 62 caps for England and started...

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Features

/ 2 years ago

NICK LILLEY

YOUNG GUNS by Ben Jaycock Exeter Chiefs centre Nick Lilley wishes he could have a notepad and pen to hand in...

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Summer Tours

/ 2 years ago

New-boy Roots has his eye on NZ return

By PAUL REES One of England’s Test debutants this year has a big incentive to make the summer tour to New...

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Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Dominant Chiefs set up shot at the semis

By MARK STEVENS Exeter Chiefs .................. 58pts Tries: Slade 20, Feyi-Waboso 33, 65, John 40, Skinner 43, 71, Jenkins 77 Conversions:...

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Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Baxter: We must recharge quickly

EXETER DoR Rob Baxter says his team will have to recharge quickly in their quest to reach the top four with...

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Features

/ 2 years ago

We had belief in our ability

Mark Stevens talks to Exeter Chiefs legend Gareth Steenson as he embarks on a new chapter away from Sandy Park IN...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Baxter: “We are overachieving” this season

Rob Baxter praised his young side’s competitive edge and their ability to learn from mistakes after their comfortable victory against Gloucester....

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Chiefs boost top-four hopes with five-try win at Kingsholm

By TOM JEFFREYS Gloucester…………………………………………..17 Tries: May 29, Clement 40, Clark 50 Conversions: Atkinson 52 Exeter Chiefs……………………………………….38 Tries: Vermeulen 14, 60; John...

By Nick Powell

Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Scotland lock Gray heads for Exeter exit

SCOTLAND lock Jonny Gray has left Exeter with immediate effect to “explore other playing opportunities”. The 30-year-old joined the Chiefs in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Vermeulen: It’s payback time for the Chiefs

By JON NEWCOMBE PREVIEW... Gloucester v Exeter Chiefs Today. Kick-off 3pm, Kingsholm BRUISING back rower Jacques Vermeulen wants Exeter to put...

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Exeter Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Baxter: Bath got under our skin

Exeter boss Rob Baxter believes his side need to win all of their remaining Premiership games to stand any chance of...

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Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Outsiders aiming for a place in the final

Paul Rees looks ahead to the Champions Cup semi-finals where Quins and Saints are facing an uphill battle BEFORE this season’s...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Baxter backs world club champs

By SAM JACKSON Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter welcomes plans for a new club world championship providing it is financially...

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Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

The pinball wizard who can fire Exeter

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK IMMANUEL Feyi-Waboso was a pretty unknown factor before the Six Nations, but the 21-year-old...

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English Championship

/ 2 years ago

Exeter confirm swoop for Ealing’s Roots

Exeter Chiefs have confirmed the signing of Ealing Trailfinders prop Jimmy Roots, as revealed in The Rugby Paper last month. The...

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Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Another barmy idea from the men in suits

The Ministry of Silly Walks was a Monty Python sketch which lampooned bureaucratic inefficiency. Rugby Union requires something similar to shame...

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Paul Rees

/ 2 years ago

Time to create a new dynasty

Paul Rees looks at what Mark McCall needs to do at Saracens as several big names head for the exit door...

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Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Baxter: All these law changes are madness

By MARK STEVENS Rob Baxter believes World Rugby’s latest proposals to make further law changes will end up alienating supporters, rather...

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Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

Manny stars for Baxter’s battling Chiefs

By MARK STEVENS Exeter ...............................21pts Tries: Vintcent 23, Fisilau 56, Roots 66 Conversions: Slade 23, 56, 66 Bath ...................................15pts Tries: du...

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Champions Cup

/ 2 years ago

‘It came down to small margins’

Disappointed Bath boss Johann van Graan insists his side will ‘regroup’ in the wake of their Champions Cup exit. “We are...

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Nick Cain

/ 2 years ago

Too much tinkering is causing confusion

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Rugby Union is in the grip of the “the law of unintended consequences”,...

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Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Exeter flyer on the fast track to top

By MARK STEVENS Rob Baxter has warned opposition defences that England sensation Immanuel Feyi-Waboso will only get better with time after...

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Premiership

/ 2 years ago

We’ve got to make sure we play the game our way – Baxter

EXETER boss Rob Baxter has made seven changes to the starting XV following last weekend’s bonus point win over Newcastle. International...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

What’s in The Rugby Paper: 31/03/24

Time is running out for the RFU’s new Professional Game Partnership (PGP) to be agreed, and you can find the latest...

By Nick Powell

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Baxter: Clubs will take Cup more seriously

By PAUL REES The Premiership will shut down next season during the two international windows, meaning more clubs are likely to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Chiefs do enough to get past Newcastle

By MARK STEVENS Exeter ................................ 25pts Tries: Fisilau 12, Wimbush 24, Sio 32, Tuima 39 Conversion: Hodge 39 Penalty: Hodge 73...

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Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Baxter backing Jenkins to bounce back at Chiefs

By PAUL REES Rob Baxter has backed Dafydd Jenkins to bounce back from the disappointment of leading Wales to a first...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Exeter secure Feyi-Waboso on long-term contract

Exeter Chiefs have signed 21-year-old England winger Immanuel Feyi-Waboso on a “long-term” contract. Feyi-Waboso joined the Devonians midway through last season...

By Nick Powell

BUCS Super Rugby

/ 2 years ago

University game plays huge role in development

Former Richmond director of rugby Steve Hill puts the questions to Gareth Elliott, below, head of men’s rugby at Exeter University...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Fit-again Capstick looking for slice of the action

By MARK STEVENS Pizza boss Richard Capstick says he desperate for a slice of the action as Exeter ready themselves for...

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Blindside - rugby transfers

/ 2 years ago

Baxter turns his attention to top Ealing pair

ON THE BLINDSIDE - EXCLUSIVE By JON NEWCOMBE Having already snapped up Coventry’s star centre Will Rigg in a mid-season swoop,...

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My Life in Rugby

/ 2 years ago

The team culture at Exeter blew me away

My Life in Rugby with Bryan Rennie - The former Scotland A, Border Reivers, London Irish, Exeter & Bristol centre, now...

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Latest News

/ 2 years ago

Baxter expecting decision on Slade future soon

By PAUL REES Exeter expect to know “very shortly’ whether England centre Henry Slade will be extending his 13-year stay at...

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Premiership

/ 2 years ago

Magnificent Mercer takes no prisoners

By PAUL REES Gloucester ........................ 17pts Tries: Mercer 6, Llewellyn 11, Hathaway 31 Conversions: Tries: Barton 12 Exeter Chiefs ...................14pts Vermeulen...

By The Rugby Paper Team