Jack Nowell among Exeter trio tipped to be fit for England tour
Exeter boss Rob Baxter has provided Eddie Jones with a triple boost ahead of England’s tour to Australia.
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Bristol 40-33 Exeter: Chiefs set to miss out on play-offs after defeat
As Bristol’s players celebrated victory and said goodbye to their soon-to-be departing colleagues in front of a raucous home crowd, Rob Baxter cut an understandably more dejected figure.
Premiership: Bristol Bears win high-scoring clash with Exeter Chiefs, Sale Sharks edge past Wasps
Bristol Bears picked up a much-needed 40-33 victory over Exeter Chiefs in their final home fixture of the Premiership season on Friday.
Exeter’s Sam Simmonds unlikely to be fit for England’s summer tour of Australia
England look set to be without Exeter number eight Sam Simmonds for the summer tour of Australia.
Wales debate around picking 19-year-old 'natural born leader' as coach thinks call-up 'likely' next week
A key question for Wayne Pivac as he finalises his Wales squad to tour South Africa is whether to include the hot prospect who’s been turning heads in the south-west of England and beyond this season.
England number eight Simmonds a doubt for Australia tour
England number eight Sam Simmonds could miss their tour of Australia in July due to an issue with his hip and groin, with his Premiership club Exeter Chiefs awaiting further assessments to determine the best course of treatment.
'This team dreams big' - Hard times have toughened Munster, says Van Graan
Munster head coach Johann van Graan says his side are battle-hardened as they head into the business end of the season.
Damian de Allende gives mighty Munster the edge over Exeter
Perhaps these two-legged knockout ties will catch on. The suspense of a tight, tense and relentlessly physical contest was prolonged into the final minutes in Limerick when it remained impossible to call a winner; at least until Damian de Allende’s try, eight minutes from time, that proved the knockout blow. Munster emerge battered but victorious from a high-class collision between unstoppable force and immovable object, and with a last-eight match against either Ulster or Toulouse looming into view.