Chiefs complete pre-season campaign

Exeter Chiefs completed their 2024/25 pre-season with a win on home soil against Ulster.

A beautifully sunny evening at Sandy Park posed perfect conditions for the Chiefs to be the first on the board.

It was a frustrating remainder for both sides as their opening points proved to be their last in the first 40 minutes of action.

Ulster were hampered by a couple of injuries and handling errors in their attacking phases whilst Chiefs found themselves continually running into a staunch defence, at times turned over at the breakdown.

Olly Woodburn rounded out a strong day on the wing with a try as the game entered its last 10 minutes. A perfectly weighted pass from Harvey Skinner found Woodburn in open air on the wing. The experienced man didn’t need to be asked twice to run in the simple try.

The last word of the day went, rather poetically, to one of the Irishmen amongst the Chiefs’ ranks. Jack Yeandle threw long to Jack Dunne at the rear of a set piece on the edge of the Ulster 22. The lock then opened up the legs to take off running for the line, stretching out a long limb to complete the score.

Full-time: Chiefs 31 – 15 Ulster