Away win for Chiefs

Exeter Chiefs secured their first away win in the Gallagher Premiership on Sunday in Newcastle as Rob Baxter’s men ended a 13-month wait with a result on the road to Falcons at Kingspan Stadium.

On a chilly northern day, it was the Exeter men, in their change white strip, who got the day’s scoring off to a start. Henry Slade took a pass just shy of his own 10 metre line, passing on to his captain, Dafydd Jenkins. The Welshman had speedster Immanual Feyi-Waboso outside of him looking for a sniff of an option.

The winger took the pass and ran well at Newcastle’s Iwan Stephens. With power coming from his speed, the Chiefs man bumped off his attempted tackler. He had Tommy Wyatt on his shoulder for support on the wing but the Chief didn’t need him, running ball in right at the corner.

The hosts looked to fight back with the minutes dwindling on the clock, with a scrummage opportunity in the Chiefs’ half taking play beyond the regulated 80 minutes. However, with the clock in the red, the Exeter pack showed its dominance one final time as Townsend fed the ball back from the forwards’ feet to be kicked into touch for the win.

Chiefs move up to 3rd in the table on 19 points.

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