11-05-2025
Exeter overcome youthful Saints in scrappy contest
Gallagher PremiershipExeter (21) 42Tries: Lilley, Skinner 2, Brown-Bampoe 2, Moloney Cons: Slade 5, Hodge Northampton (7) 14Tries: Garside, Lockett Cons: James 2
Exeter Chiefs gained some late season pride with a scrappy 42-14 victory over a youthful Northampton Saints at Sandy debutant Nick Lilley and Saints' Jake Garside exchanged tries before the home side took control on the verge of half-time with scores from Harvey Skinner and Paul Lockett reduced the deficit for the Saints soon after the break, but Martin Moloney's opportunistic score put the game beyond the visitors before Brown-Bampoe and Skinner added late gloss to the result leaves the Chiefs in ninth, 12 points behind eighth-placed Saints who have only the Champions Cup left to play to follow...
Exeter: Hodge; Lilley, Slade, Rigg, Brown-Bampoe; Skinner, Townsend; Sio, Yeandle, Street, Tuima, Jenkins, Vermuelen, Capstick, Frost, Blose, Iosefa-Scott, Tshiunza, Moloney, Cairns, Haydon-Wood, Rigg (21).Northampton: Garside; Cousins, Seabrook, Litchfield, Glister; James, Weimann; West, Walker, Millar Mills, Prowse, Munga, Lockett, Brown, Wright, Haffar, Green, Hunter-Hill, Logan, Benson, Witheat, Karl Dickson.
