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VS TONY ROWE...................................................5 ROB BAXTER..................................................7 CLUB NEWS..............................................8-11 GREG FISILAU FEATURE........................... 14-17 SHOP.....................................................18-19 MEN'S MANAGEMENT TEAM..........................21 MEN’S SQUAD........................................23-28 GOLD CARD MEMBERSHIP..............................29 TEAM LINE-UPS.....................................32-33 OPPOSITION...........................................35-37 FAST XV......................................................39 PREMIERSHIP RUGBY CUP ROUND UP........ 40-41 COMMUNITY NEWS...................................... 43 MATCH REPORT.....................................44-45

MATCH REPORT.....................................48-49 WOMEN’S FIXTURES.....................................51 WOMEN'S MANAGEMENT TEAM......................53 WOMEN’S SQUAD...................................54-57 MATCH REPORT......................................58-59 WXV EXPLAINED...........................................61 FOUNDATION UPDATE....................................63 RUGBY SHORTS............................................65 NIGEL WALROND...........................................67 MEN’S FIXTURES..........................................69 TICKET INFORMATION...................................71 WHAT’S ON AT SANDY PARK..........................73 CLUB PARTNERS...........................................76

Chief Executive & Chairman: Tony Rowe CBE, Hon LLD

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WELCOME WELCOME TO OUR FIRST GALLAGHER PREMIERSHIP GAME OF THE 2023/24 SEASON. IT FEELS A LONG TIME SINCE THE END OF LAST SEASON, BUT WE HAVE KEPT OURSELVES BUSY ON AND OFF THE PITCH TO PREPARE FOR TODAY AND THE REST OF THE CAMPAIGN; NOT LEAST, MAKING THE SEMI-FINALS OF THE PREMIERSHIP RUGBY CUP. Well done to the coaching staff and players for their efforts in the last five games, especially to the new players who have pulled on the Chiefs jersey for the first time and have experienced their debut run-out at Sandy Park. We do not know the date of our Premiership Rugby Cup semi-final yet but keep a lookout for news on our website. We will let you know as soon as we do.

As mentioned in my last programme notes, several of our new players – men and women – will be at our inaugural ‘Meet the New Players’ event being held at Sandy Park on Wednesday 1 November that will feature a Q&A with both Rob and Susie.

See our Club News section in this programme for more details, but I can reveal that they will explain what goes into finding a new player. It is quite a process!

As most of you know, I am very passionate about the Exeter Chiefs Foundation. We are always seeking new ways to raise more

money so we can give grants to local charities. It was heart-warming to see all the charity representatives receiving their cheques at the London Scottish game. We want to hand out more cheques, so we need to raise more money. One way we achieve this is through regular events.

We have two coming up, our Fight Night between the Royal Marines and the Met Police on Thursday 19 October, and our annual Christmas Lunch on Thursday 14 December. We will split the proceeds with The Royal Marines Charity and Wooden Spoon respectively. Both look like being great occasions. Please support them if you can.

Away from Sandy Park, the Rugby World Cup continues. This is why today’s kick-off is at an earlier time, so you can watch the quarter-finals in the bars afterwards. Good luck to England for their match against Fiji tomorrow.

We have also witnessed the demise of Jersey Reds. Another decent rugby club has gone to the wall amid tough financial times. Financial stability is crucial in this league and below, which is why we built our club on solid foundations that are supported by multiple revenue streams, not just match-day ticket sales.

Lastly, we must greet the current Premiership champions and our opposition today, Saracens. Your directors, coaches, players and supporters are very welcome at Sandy Park.

TONY ROWE CBE CHAIRMAN AND CEO EXETER RUGBY CLUB

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ROB BAXTER OBE

WELL, HERE WE GO, THE START OF THE 2023/24 PREMIERSHIP SEASON KICKS OFF WITH A BANG WITH THE VISIT OF THE CURRENT CHAMPIONS, SARACENS. The start of every season is a time of great excitement. Everyone starts together on zero points and the race to climb the table starts immediately. The hunt is on to climb every rung of the ladder that can eventually lead to winning the competition.

In seasons past, we have knocked off various milestones, and celebrated each of them as we have gone through seasons and that is exactly what we will be aiming to do again. When we were first in the Premiership, and we were the number one candidate for relegation, we used to talk about enjoying every minute of the competition, of fighting for every point, and of every player putting themselves forward in each game so that they gained every experience that was possible.

I remember celebrating wins in February that felt like they were pivotal games in ensuring we remained in the Premiership as we gained real distance from the bottom club. Twice this was winning away at Newcastle and I can tell you that sometimes there is nothing better than a sevenhour coach journey with a celebrating group of friends to really build memories.

That is where we are now. At the start of a new challenge with one of the most changed squads we have had for several seasons. That makes it very fresh and very exciting, also, for obvious reasons a little nervy. The key is for us to drive the energy and excitement and try and use any nerves in a positive way to drive our preparation and focus in training, so that once again we can maximise every minute of every game and grow as a team.

Our goals here and now are pretty simple: to understand that every minute of playing in the Premiership is to be cherished and to commit fully to the things we do.

We will grow through this season, and we will celebrate some important steps together.

Finally, I would like to welcome Mark McCall, his staff and players and the supporters of Saracens to Sandy Park.

As we grew as individuals and as a team, we reset our sights higher, and we soon celebrated Champions Cup qualification for the first time. It then became winning a trophy, with the lifting of the LV Cup and then onto top four qualification in the Premiership.

Obviously, the next steps are then winning trophies, which we went onto do, but winning trophies isn’t the final step, it never is in sport.

Because, whatever happens, the next season starts and so the next challenge rolls around.

ROB BAXTER OBE DIRECTOR OF RUGBY 7

CLUB NEWS

CBE FOR CHIEFS CHAIRMAN AND CEO EXETER CHIEFS CHAIRMAN AND CEO TONY ROWE WAS AWARDED HIS CBE

BY THE PRINCESS ROYAL AT WINDSOR CASTLE EARLIER THIS WEEK. Tony was notified of his latest accolade, for his services to rugby and the city’s community, in the New Year Honours list. He was awarded an OBE for services to business, sport and charity in 2012.

It was fitting the Princess Royal bestowed Tony with his CBE having officially opened Sandy Park in 2007 and having written to him to congratulate the club on their double win in 2020.

He said: “It was an absolute honour to receive a CBE from the Princess Royal for simply doing

something I love doing every day. I have to say though that the success of Exeter Chiefs is down to everyone involved in the club and I am very proud of what we have achieved, but I am equally delighted to see the Exeter Chiefs Foundation flourish and for local charities to benefit from our continued fundraising efforts.”

Tony attended the ceremony with his wife Sharon and son Morgan.

A-LEAGUE GAMES RETURN TO SANDY PARK We are delighted to announce the return of A-League fixtures to Sandy Park. Rather abandoned by other clubs, Exeter Chiefs coaching team has always believed in their value.

Director of rugby Rob Baxter OBE said: “We are one of the clubs that would have kept embracing the full A-League programme because we have always looked to develop our senior academy and non-squad players by enabling them to keep playing fixtures like these.

“We have managed to secure two home fixtures and will be looking to add some more. They are a hugely important development tool and hope these games will be really well supported.”

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The first A-League game will be played against Bristol Bears on Monday 30 October - KO 19:30.

The second will be against the Royal Navy on Wednesday 6 March 2024 - KO 19:30.

Tickets for these games will be £10 for adults and £5 for children, youths and students. Both are free to season ticket holders. The Navy game is also free for any Navy personal with valid ID on the night. Seats will be in the West Grandstand with overflow into the South Stand.

Parking for this fixture will be on a first-come, first-served basis - please make sure you pay and display. If the main car park is full, please head to Apple Lane and walk over the bridge.

REMINDER: MEET OUR NEW PLAYERS In a first for Exeter Chiefs, we are introducing our new men and women players to our supporters, so they meet them in person and hear some of their stories on Wednesday 1 November – 7pm.

Players include: • Wales international Joe Hawkins • Eoin O’Connor, formerly of Munster • New Zealander Ethan Roots • 6ft 8ins lock Alfie Bell • Wales scrum-half Eloise Hayward • Emily Magee, ex-New York Rugby Club utility back As part of the evening, Chiefs’ director of rugby Rob Baxter OBE will be explaining the process, which includes a lot of watched video footage, that goes into selecting a new player.

Tickets for the event are just £20 per person (£18 for season ticket holders) and include a pie and mash meal. Exeter Chiefs’ Women’s head coach Susie Appley will also be attending.

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With both men’s and women’s team players and coaches are available for sponsorship, you can tailor your sponsorship to your needs, whether you want to use them in an advert, for a visit to your office to boost staff morale, to support a charitable cause you are backing, etc.

This is an incredibly affordable way to expose your brand to an engaged audience and to amplify your messaging or to just support your club, with a range of benefits, including: • Branding on the official Exeter Chiefs website • Branding via the club’s big screens on match-days alongside the player/coach’s photo • Branding in each Exeter Chiefs match-day programme and during the match-day announcement • Two player appearances in the season (subject to training schedule) • Invitation to player sponsors' event • Signed shirt/shirts presented by sponsored player/ players • Image rights of the player or players for external use Prices start from £1,000 for the 2023/24 season excluding VAT. Among the players available are England’s Claudia MacDonald, USA’s Olivia Ortiz and scrum-half Eloise Hayward, plus fellow internationals Jonny Gray and Rory O’Loughlin, and club favourite Marcus Street.

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AFTER EXPERIENCING THE GRITTINESS OF CHAMPIONSHIP RUGBY ON LOAN TO AMPTHILL LAST SEASON, THE YOUNG BACK ROWER IS DETERMINED TO GET SOME PREMIERSHIP GAME-TIME UNDER HIS BELT THIS SEASON IN AMONG A COMPETITIVE CHIEFS PACK. Despite his Tongan heritage, the Plymouth-born forward excelled for England U20s earlier in 2023 – taking part in their Six Nations campaign and summer tests. With the 2023 Rugby World Cup currently taking place in France, and his dad being former Tongan international Keni Fisilau however, he says his is a household that regularly cheers for the Pacific Islanders.

Joining his first club Devonport Services at U8s level, Fisilau was thrust straight into contact sessions as his father didn’t want his son introduced to the game he loved at touch level.

And so, it is fair to say that the young stalwart’s career being set for a back-row position may have been destined.

He said: “Maybe me being bound to play in a position hard-hitting like the back row was pre-determined a little bit, yeah. My dad was known for his tackles – whether they’d be legal nowadays, I’m not too sure. We spent a lot of time preparing for contact, and being able to be as dominant as I can when it came to that area. So, I’d like to think that is one of my strong points.”

Focusing on his career at Sandy Park, Fisilau feels the new faces that have come on board ahead of the 2023/24 season have made for a refreshing atmosphere as the newcomers have been easy to get along with for the existing squad and have been happy to buy in to the Chiefs culture. He was made to feel comfortable himself when he was welcomed to the Chiefs family in November 2022 from former Premiership outfit, Wasps.

MAYBE ME BEING BOUND TO PLAY IN A POSITION HARD-HITTING LIKE THE BACK ROW WAS PRE-DETERMINED A LITTLE BIT, YEAH. MY DAD WAS KNOWN FOR HIS TACKLES

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OF HIS RECENT PROGRESS THIS YEAR, HE EXPLAINED: “I THINK, RUGBY-WISE, I’M GETTING MORE COMFORTABLE ON THE PITCH AS WELL – I’M LEARNING FROM A LOT OF GOOD PLAYERS. “My personal goals moving forward definitely include getting a few more games under my belt.

There is obviously going to be a lot of competition in all positions but it’ll be good to try to make my mark in the number eight shirt. We do have a lot of class in the back row so it’s not going to be easy but I think solidifying my spot in the squad and some more minutes will be the main focus.”

With Capstick, Roots and Vintcent just three of the young names also vying for the same positions, 20-year-old Fisilau believes constant competition will not only benefit him but his teammates as well. His belief is that good, healthy competition will have an influence on players’ mindsets towards not only game preparation but training as well.

With Saracens a looming first hurdle in the new season’s Premiership competition, the clash taking place at Sandy Park does stand the Devon men in good stead, but it by no means will result in the Chiefs losing sight of the intensity of the job they will be coming up against.

MY PERSONAL GOALS MOVING FORWARD DEFINITELY INCLUDE GETTING A FEW MORE GAMES UNDER MY BELT.

Fisilau concluded: “From Saracens, I think what to expect is for them to be real strong at set piece, which has also been a massive work-on for us, and I think it’s been going the right way. Also, just how clinical they are in both attack and defence – they rarely make any mistakes, and they’re just really good at putting you under pressure on both sides of the ball.”

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EXETER CHIEFS ALI HEPHER HEAD COACH

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OMAR MOUNEIMNE DEFENCE COACH

RICKY PELLOW SKILLS COACH

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ROB BAXTER OBE DIRECTOR OF RUGBY

TONY WALKER

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JAMIE FULTON

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STEVE HAW

ANDY DAVIES

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2023•24 MEN’S SQUAD NIKA ABULADZE 120KG (18ST 12LBS) PROP 1.86M (6FT 1IN) 29/10/1995

JOE BAILEY 108KG (15ST 4LBS) LOCK 2M (6FT 6INS) 04/07/2004

ALFIE BELL 116KG (18ST 3LBS) LOCK 2.03M (6FT 8INS) 04/12/2003

NICK ALISSON 91KG (14ST 5LBS) BACK 1.90M (6FT 2INS) 22/02/2005

KOFI BARTON-BYFIELD 82KG (12ST 12LBS) WING 1.71M (5FT 7INS) 15/09/2002

CHARLIE BELL 109KG (17ST 2LBS) LOCK/ (6FT 3INS) BACK-ROW 1.92M 07/04/2005

KEITA ANDO 109KG (7ST 2LBS) PROP 1.85M (6FT 1IN) 23/04/2005

NIALL ARMSTRONG 82KG (12ST 12LBS) SCRUM 1.79M (5FT 10INS) HALF 08/10/1999

WILL BECCONSALL 84KG (13ST 2LBS) SCRUM 1.81M (5FT 11INS) HALF 20/12/2002

OSCAR BECKERLEG 100KG (15ST 10LBS) LOCK 2.02M (6FT 7INS)

OLI BURROWS (17ST 2LBS) HOOKER 109KG 1.87M (6FT 1IN)

TOM CAIRNS 79KG (12ST 6LBS) SCRUM 1.69M (5FT 6INS) HALF 19/06/2002

16/05/2002

05/11/2005

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RICHARD CAPSTICK (17ST 13LBS) BACK-ROW 114KG 1.96M (6FT 5INS) 13/02/2000

TOBY CLINCH (14ST 13LBS) CENTRE 95KG 1.82M (6FT) 14/10/2004

AIDON DAVIS (17ST 6LBS) BACK-ROW 111KG 1.91M (6FT 2INS) 29/04/1994

OLLIE DEVOTO (16ST 7LBS) CENTRE 105KG 1.93M (6FT 4INS) 22/09/1993

JAMES GILLESPIE

LUCAS DORRELL (15ST 8LBS) BACK-ROW 99KG 1.88M (6FT 2INS) 09/10/2001

JACK DUNNE 120KG (18ST 10LBS) LOCK 2.03M (6FT 8INS) 21/11/1998

IMMANUEL FEYI-WABOSO (14ST 13LBS) CENTRE/ 95KG 1.82M (6FT) WING 20/12/2002

GREG FISILAU (16ST 11LBS) BACK-ROW 107KG 1.86M (6FT 1IN) 07/09/2003

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DAN FROST (14ST 13LBS) HOOKER 95KG 1.72M (5FT 8INS) 24/04/1997

LOUIE GULLEY (15ST 8LBS) HOOKER 99KG 1.83M (6FT) 08/05/2005

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KIAN GENTRY (14ST 11LBS) CENTRE 94KG 1.87M (6FT 1IN) 27/03/2003

BEN HAMMERSLEY 92KG (14ST 6LBS) WING 1.82M (6FT) 20/05/2003

JONNY GRAY 124KG (19ST 7LBS) LOCK 1.99M (6FT 6INS) 14/03/1994

IESTYN HARRIS (16ST 3LBS) HOOKER 103KG 1.85M (6FT 1IN) 24/11/1998

BEN GRUBB (17ST 4LBS) BACK-ROW 110KG 1.90M (6FT 3INS) 10/11/2002

JOE HAWKINS (15ST 3LBS) CENTRE 97KG 1.74M (5FT 7INS) 1.83M (6FT)

WILL HAYDON-WOOD (13ST 5LBS) FLY-HALF 85KG 1.76M (5FT 9IN) 27/10/2000

TOM HENDRICKSON (16ST) CENTRE 102KG 1.85M (6FT 1IN) 09/01/1994

JAMES GILLESPIE

JOSH HODGE (13ST 5LBS) FULL-BACK 85KG 1.86M (6FT 2INS) 23/05/2000

HARRY HOCKING (16ST 11LBS) HOOKER 107KG 1.85M (6FT 1IN)

30/03/1993

19/02/2002

JAMES GILLESPIE

JACK INNARD (17ST) HOOKER 108KG 1.79M (5FT 10INS) 07/03/1995

ORSON JAMES (12ST 12LBS) SCRUM- 82KG 1.80M (5FT 10INS) HALF 31/05/2004

DAFYDD JENKINS 117KG (18ST 5LBS) LOCK 2.01M (6FT 7INS)

MATT JOHNSON 132KG (20ST 11LBS) PROP 1.93M (6FT 4INS)

BILLY KEAST 112KG (17ST 8LBS) PROP 1.83M (6FT)

21/11/1997

ALEC HEPBURN 111KG (17ST 6LBS) PROP 1.85M (6FT 1IN)

12/05/2002

24/11/1996

JOSH IOSEFA-SCOTT 137KG (21ST 8LBS) PROP 1.90M (6FT 3INS)

KANE JAMES (14ST 6LBS) BACK-ROW 92KG 1.83M (6FT)

16/07/1996

IWAN JENKINS (13ST 7LBS) FLY-HALF 86KG 1.73M (5FT 8INS) 13/03/2003

JAMES KENNY 118KG (18ST 8LBS) PROP 1.83M (6FT) 26/05/1999

26/03/2005

DAN JOHN CENTRE/ WING

85KG (13ST 5LBS) 1.80M (5FT 10INS) 10/04/2001

JUNIOR KPOKU 117KG (18ST 5LBS) LOCK 2.04M (6FT 8INS) 09/10/2005

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SAM MAUNDER (13ST 5LBS) SCRUM- 85KG 1.82M (6FT) HALF 22/03/2000

CHARLIE MCCAIG (15ST 1LB) CENTRE 96KG 1.89M (6FT 2INS)

MAX NOREY (16ST 9LBS) HOOKER 106KG 1.85M (6FT 1IN)

FRANKIE NOWELL 86KG (13ST 7LBS) WING/ (5FT 10INS) CENTRE 1.80M 22/11/2002

EOIN O’CONNOR 120KG (18ST 12LBS) LOCK 2.01M (6FT 7INS)

LEWIS PEARSON 118KG (18ST 8LBS) LOCK/ (6FT 3INS) BACK-ROW 1.90M 26/10/1999

MATT POSTLETHWAITE 116KG (18ST 3LBS) LOCK 1.95M (6FT 5INS)

FIN RICHARDSON 118KG (18ST 8LBS) PROP 1.84M (6FT)

CAMPBELL RIDL (13ST 9LBS) CENTRE 87KG 1.95M (6FT 4INS)

08/05/1999

EHREN PAINTER 137KG (21ST 8LBS) PROP 1.93M (6FT 4INS) 21/03/1998

CHESTER RIBBONS 3LBS CENTRE 97KG/15ST 1.91M/6FT 2INS 30/01/2002

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24/01/2003

16/09/1998

SOL MOODY (15ST 10LBS) HOOKER 100KG 1.85M (6FT 1IN) 16/04/2005

21/07/2000

10/01/1996

02/02/2005

JACOB MORRIS 110KG (17ST 4LBS) PROP 1.81M (5FT 11INS) 16/04/2000

RORY O’LOUGHLIN 95KG (14ST 13LBS) WING/ (6FT 2INS) CENTRE 1.88M 21/01/1994

ARTHUR RELTON 87KG (13ST 9LBS) WING 189M (6FT 2IN) 06/07/2001

ETHAN ROOTS (17ST 11LBS) BACK-ROW 113KG 1.88M (6FT 2INS) 11/10/1999

PATRICK SCHICKERLING 125KG (19ST 9LBS) PROP 1.82M (6FT)

LOUIE SINCLAIR (13ST 2LBS) FLY-HALF 88KG 1.88M (6FT 2INS)

16/10/1998

12/09/2004

SCOTT SIO 127KG (19ST 13LBS) PROP 1.85M (6FT 1IN) 16/10/1991

HARVEY SKINNER (14ST 6LBS) FLY-HALF 92KG 1.89M (6FT 2INS) 31/12/1997

JAMES GILLESPIE

HENRY SLADE (15ST 1LB) CENTRE 96KG 1.91M (6FT 2INS) 19/03/1993

CORY TEAGUE 115KG (18ST 1LB) LOCK 1.95M (6FT 5INS) 11/09/1999

RUSI TUIMA (20ST 2LBS) BACK-ROW 128KG 1.95M (6FT 5INS) 21/05/2000

JOE SNOW SCRUMHALF

87KG (13ST 9LBS) 1.86M (6FT 1IN) 12/11/1998

DANNY SOUTHWORTH 117KG (18ST 5LBS) PROP 1.81M (5FT 11INS) 05/04/1999

MARCUS STREET 119KG (18ST 10LBS) PROP 1.82M (6FT) 02/06/1999

STU TOWNSEND 94KG (14ST 11LBS) SCRUM 1.75M (5FT 8INS) HALF 10/11/1995

CHRIST TSHIUNZA 114KG (17ST 13LBS) LOCK/ (6FT 5INS) BACK-ROW 1.98M 01/09/2002

JEREMY TUIMA (15ST 8LBS) CENTRE 99KG 1.89M (6FT 2IN)

JACQUES VERMEULEN (18ST 12LBS) BACK-ROW 120KG 1.96M (6FT 5INS)

ROSS VINTCENT (16ST) BACK-ROW 102KG 1.87M (6FT 1IN)

ZACK WIMBUSH (16ST 11LBS) CENTRE 107KG 1.96M (6FT 5INS)

02/08/1995

06/05/2002

25/04/2005

24/10/2003

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OLLY WOODBURN 98KG (15ST 6LBS) WING 1.88M (6FT 2INS) 18/11/1991

FINN WORLEY-BRADY (15ST 8LBS) BACK-ROW 99KG 1.88M (6FT 2INS) 26/10/2004

TOM WYATT (14ST 9LBS) CENTRE 93KG 1.87M (6FT 1IN)

JACK YEANDLE (17ST 2LBS) HOOKER 109KG 1.85M (6FT 1IN)

14/12/1999

ELLIOTT YOUNG (16ST 5LBS) HOOKER 104KG 1.83M (6FT) 14/03/2004

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New to this season and starting this Saturday for Chiefs’ Gallagher Premiership opener against current champions Saracens, director of rugby Rob Baxter will be heading to the Gold Card Suite before every home match for an exclusive Q&A with our Gold Card members.

Baxter said: “Our Gold Card members feel very familiar to me. I have known some of them for years as they have supported the club for a long time. They are a great group of rugby people who would be very happy to welcome new members for this season and beyond.”

A Gold Card membership is an enhanced season ticket for four people that gives you the opportunity to entertain corporate guests with a more luxurious match-day experience with reserved West Grandstand tickets for all men’s Gallagher Premiership, Premiership Rugby Cup, and Investec Champions Cup matches plus access to all A league, academy and friendly games and now, all Exeter Chiefs Women’s matches. Members also get priority booking for progression matches for any of these competitions.

Also new to this season, members will receive an invitation to attend two Gold Card Business Club events throughout the year, to watch a team run, network with other businesses, and enjoy a presentation from one of our senior coaching team.

Claimable as a business expense, Gold Card memberships are £4,200 including VAT * (until 27th Oct) for four people. To find out more, please email ticketing@exeterchiefs.co.uk.

Gold Card members have their own exclusive bar – the Gold Card Suite – where they can opt to book a delicious two-course pre-match meal, with a pre match players Q&A. They also get 5% discount at all food and drink outlets, and 10% discount in the Club Shop.

Away from match days, Gold Card members can enter the ballot for international tickets, send a company representative to attend members’ meetings and the AGM (this also includes voting rights), and benefit from preferential rates at Sandy Park Conference & Banqueting Centre.

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15. TOM PARTON 14. ROTIMI SEGUN 13. ALEX LOZOWSKI (C) 12. OLLY HARTLEY 11. ALEX LEWINGTON 10. ALEX GOODE 9. ALED DAVIES 1. TOM WEST 2. SAMSON ADEJIMI 3. MARCO RICCIONI 4. CALLUM HUNTER-HILL 5. NICK ISIEKWE 6. THEO MCFARLAND 7. TOBY KNIGHT 8. TOM WILLIS REPS 16. JAMES HADFIELD 17. RALPH ADAMS-HALE 18. ALEC CLAREY 19. OLLIE STONHAM 20. ANDY CHRISTIE 21. CHARLIE BRACKEN 22. MANU VUNIPOLA 23. SEAN MAITLAND

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WHERE DO YOU START WITH SARACENS? IT’S NOT LIKE THEY ARE UNFAMILIAR OPPOSITION. WE HAVE PLAYED SOME REALLY MEMORABLE GAMES AGAINST THE MEN FROM NORTH LONDON AND OUR SUPPORTERS SAVOUR THEIR TRIPS TO SANDY PARK.

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AS REIGNING GALLAGHER PREMIERSHIP CHAMPIONS, THEY ARE THE TEAM EVERYONE WILL WANT TO BEAT. THEY ARE ALWAYS TRICKY CUSTOMERS AND LIKE TO BE AT THE TOP OF THE TREE, ILLUSTRATED BY THEIR SIX PREMIERSHIP TITLE WINS AND THREE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. The Rugby World Cup though will test Saracens this weekend, especially as England are still in the competition. Five Saracens players played for England against Samoa last weekend, including club captain – and England’s new record points scorer – Owen Farrell. With more than 350 caps between Farrell, Jamie George, Maro Itoje, Ben Earl and Billy Vunipola, that’s a significant dent in Saracens’ manpower for this weekend.

They are also without England’s Theo Dan and Elliot Daly.

Saracens are also contributing players to other quarter-final teams this weekend with new signing Juan Martin Gonzalez and Lucio Cinti due to feature for Argentina, and Nick Tompkins still involved for Wales. But never underestimate Saracens!

They blew away Hartpury in the final round of the pool stage of the Premiership Rugby Cup last weekend.

They scored 10 tries and racked up 56 points in the second half to seal a 68-10 victory…which is a decent run-in game to the start of the regular season!

Alongside a new long-term contract for Earl, plus two-year extensions for

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the evergreen Alex Goode, scrum-half Ivan van Zyl, and prop Marco Riccioni, tighthead prop Ollie Hoskins has joined the Men in Black after a seven-year spell at London Irish while loosehead Tom West has made the journey down the M1 from Leicester Tigers.

It feels like the might of Saracens has been around forever, and as a club, they do have a long history in the game having been established in 1876. The advent of professionalism saw them recruit superstar names like Michael Lynagh, Philippe Sella, Francois Pienaar and Kyran Bracken, but they still had to wait for league glory. However, they did lift the Tetley’s Bitter Cup in 1998 and they started to produce some stellar home-grown players, with Rugby World Cup winner Richard Hill leading the way.

The arrival of coaches Brendan Venter and Mark McCall was the turning point for Saracens with their first Premiership title win in 2011. Saracens have been champs, runners-up or semi-finalists in 10 seasons out of the last 12 since then and continue to dominate the English domestic league.

HEAD COACH: JOE SHAW We hope Saracens’ director of rugby Mark McCall will forgive us, but we have decided to shine the spotlight on head coach Joe Shaw for this week’s programme. Shaw will be familiar to two of Chiefs coaching team - Ali Hepher and Rob Hunter having played alongside him during their time at Northampton Saints.

Birmingham born and bred, Shaw moved from Sale Sharks to Saints and then back north to Newcastle Falcons, for whom he scored a memorable try in the Powergen Cup final in 2004. An ankle injury then saw him concentrate his efforts in the community for the Falcons while also coaching Westoe RFC. Shaw’s coaching skills saw him take Hong Kong’s Kowloon club from bottom of the league in 2009 to finishing top in 2012 and then becoming Hong Kong’s national coach.

Before becoming Saracens’ head coach, Shaw achieved an MSc in coaching science, and he headed up the successful A League and LV Cup teams in 2015. He has been part of the coaching team for every title win since then.

ONE TO WATCH: ROTIMI SEGUN Our one to watch is a speedster, so you could be forgiven for missing him! In his school days, Saracens winger Rotimi Segun could run the 100m in 11.03 seconds.

While there is nothing like a bit of pace on the wing, it can be disappointing if all that speed comes to nothing. Not the case for Segun. With two tries against Hartpury last weekend, Segun will be hoping scoring tries will become a habit he can’t shake in 2023/24. He has already scored four in the Premiership Rugby Cup alone.

A regular in the back-three, Segun has racked up more than 60 appearances for the club having moved to the Stonex Stadium from Northampton Saints in 2016.

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WE PUT TOM CAIRNS THROUGH 15 QUICK-FIRE QUESTIONS...

1. First team you played rugby for?

Plymouth Rugby Club

2. First influential coach?

Ricky Pellow

3. Have you played in any other position?

Centre and Wing

4. Rugby hero/inspiration?

Danny Care

5. First professional game?

Bristol Bears at home in the Premiership Cup

6. Best away ground?

Bristol Bears at Ashton Gate

7. Best rugby memory?

The European semi-final against Montpellier when it went to extra time

8. Rugby best friends?

Joe Hawkins, Ross Vintcent, Dan Frost

9. Nickname

Cairnsy

10. Favourite takeaway?

Nando’s

11. Favourite book?

(From when I was a kid) ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’

12. Sports teams you follow away from rugby?

NFL – Baltimore Ravens, NBA – Los Angeles Lakers, Football – Manchester United

13. Tea or coffee?

Tea in the morning and at night but coffee during the day

14. Last thing you listened to?

Taylor Swift – ‘Lover’

15. Favourite film?

Step Brothers

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PREMIERSHIP RUGBY CUP ROUND-UP WEEKS FOUR

& FIVE

THE HAPPY HEADLINE FROM THE PREVIOUS FORTNIGHT, ASIDE FROM EXETER TOPPING POOL C, IS THAT EALING TRAILFINDERS ACHIEVED THEIR GIANT-KILLING DREAM OF BEING THE ONLY CHAMPIONSHIP SIDE TO MAKE IT TO THE SEMI-FINALS OF THIS SEASON’S PREMIERSHIP RUGBY CUP ALONG WITH GLOUCESTER, LEICESTER AND CHIEFS, OF COURSE. The sad headline was the collapse of Jersey Reds.

Just days after Chiefs played at the Channel Islanders’ home at Stade Santander International, the club announced it had been forced into liquidation following the withdrawal of vital funding. This meant several remaining fixtures were not fulfilled and, ultimately, the unhappy demise of the reigning Championship titleholders.

The penultimate weekend saw Doncaster Knights put up a spirited 41-57 fight against Bristol Bears while Gloucester took local bragging rights over Hartpury with a 14-40 victory. Ealing stormed past winless Cambridge 17-52, while Northampton Saints pipped Bath to the post with a 43-42 win. Coventry picked up their second draw of the competition with a 33-33 scoreline against Nottingham.

For the final weekend of the pool stages, Bristol showed no mercy to Cambridge running in 16 tries -yes, 16 - to beat them 98-14.

Cornish Pirates saw off London Scottish with a

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comfortable 14-50 victory while Sale chalked up an easy 64-0 win over Ampthill. Coventry seemed keen to get their third draw but fell one point short at Gloucester with a final score of 32-31 to the Cherry & Whites. Bedford beat Leicester 47-28, but the Tigers had already qualified for the semis. Newcastle Falcons saw off Caldy to the tune of 66-13 and Saints scored 12 tries to Doncaster’s two to make it 82-12.

This left Gloucester with five wins out of five plus four bonus points to amass a 24-point haul.

Leicester and Chiefs both recorded four wins and 20 points each including bonus points. Chiefs have the superior points difference, however, with 138 compared to 132. Ealing also won four games - and did not get to play against Jersey - for a 19-point total.

Aside from the news about Jersey, the Premiership Rugby Cup provided meaningful rugby for both Premiership and Championship sides while the Rugby World Cup was taking place. The semi-final dates and times will be announced in due course.

POOL A

TEAM

P

W

L

D

F

A

PD

BONUS POINTS

1

Gloucester

5

5

0

0

168

96

72

4

24

2

Harlequins

5

3

1

1

173

110

63

3

17

3

Coventry

5

2

1

2

148

119

29

5

17

4

Saracens

5

2

3

0

204

132

72

4

12

5

Nottingham

5

0

4

1

114

214

-100

3

5

6

Hartpury RFC

5

1

4

0

78

214

-136

0

4

POOL B

TEAM

P

W

L

D

F

A

PD

BONUS POINTS

1

Leicester Tigers

5

4

1

0

220

88

132

4

20

2

Newcastle Falcons

5

4

1

0

162

116

46

3

19

3

Sale Sharks

5

3

2

0

159

60

99

4

16

4

Bedford Blues

5

3

2

0

131

144

-13

2

14

5

Caldy

5

1

4

0

76

194

-118

2

6

6

Ampthill

5

0

5

0

72

218

-146

2

2

POOL C

TEAM

P

W

L

D

F

A

PD

BONUS POINTS

1

Exeter Chiefs

5

4

1

0

217

79

138

4

20

2

Bath

5

3

2

0

162

125

37

5

17

3

Cornish Pirates

4

2

2

0

150

98

52

3

11

4

Jersey Reds

3

2

1

0

99

53

46

2

10

5

London Scottish

5

0

5

0

57

211

-154

2

2

POOL D

TEAM

P

W

L

D

F

A

PD

BONUS POINTS

1

Ealing Trailfinders

4

1

0

0

162

83

79

3

19

2

Northampton Saints

5

3

2

0

240

146

94

5

17

3

Bristol Bears

5

3

2

0

206

196

10

3

15

4

Doncaster Knights

5

2

3

0

147

206

-59

5

13

5

Cambridge

5

0

5

0

64

307

-243

0

0

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COMMUNITY CHIEFS UPDATE

IT WAS GREAT TO HOST ANOTHER GIRLS-ONLY PITCH UP AND PLAY EVENT BEFORE THE RED ROSES V CANADA GAME AT SANDY PARK. WITH 120 GIRLS ATTENDING FROM MORE THAN 15 DIFFERENT CLUBS, IT WAS PLEASING TO GET SO MANY GIRLS GETTING TOGETHER FROM ACROSS THE SOUTH WEST. With some of the Exeter Chiefs Women’s team helping out, along with coaches from the RFU, the girls experienced a first-rate training session, and we hope they all went away with some new knowledge and improved skills.

The girls later formed a proud guard of honour and capped off the day by cheering on the England Red Roses to a stellar victory.

For a similar experience, why not try our Super Saturday or Sunday match-day experiences at one of our Exeter Chiefs Women’s matches? This is a great opportunity to experience life behind the scenes on a match-day, either an Allianz Cup or Allianz PWR game, while also benefiting from hands-on coaching, watching our women play, and taking part in the half-time parade.

If your team or club wants to get involved in one of our match-day experiences, simply choose a fixture and get in contact with richardbright@exeterchiefs.co.uk. We just ask that at least 10 of you want to come and join us.

ARON STRUMINSKI HEAD OF COMMUNITY

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MATCH REPORT PREMIERSHIP RUGBY CUP - SATURDAY 7 OCTOBER

34 14 Tries: Annett, De Glanville, Francis, Muir, Ojomoh Cons: Francis (3) Pen: Francis

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Tries: Iosefa-Scott, Hodge Cons: Slade (2) Yellow cards: Feyi-Waboso, Relton

BATH RUGBY V EXETER CHIEFS

TRIES

CARRIES

TACKLES

TERRITORY

POSSESSION

MATCH STATS

55% 45% 124 104 5

TOP PERFORMERS

45% 55% 158 92 2

CARRIES

TACKLES

CLEAR OUTS

JOSH HODGE

GREG FISILAU

GREG FISILAU

9

19

22

ETHAN ROOTS

LEWIS PEARSON

LEWIS PEARSON

8

19

22

JACQUES VERMEULEN

ETHAN ROOTS

ETHAN ROOTS

7

14

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Bath Rugby: T De Glanville; J Cokanasiga, M Ojomoh, W Butt, W Muir; P Francis (O Bailey 46), L Schreuder (B Spencer 53); J Schoeman (B Obano 44), N Annett (T Dunn 44), J Jonker (T Du Toit 44), T Hill (F Lee-Warner 63), C Ewels, M Reid (c), C Cloete (S Underhill 40), A Barbeary Exeter Chiefs: J Hodge; I Feyi-Waboso, H Slade, J Hawkins (T Hendrickson 44), T Wyatt; H Skinner (W Haydon-Wood 74), T Cairns (N Armstrong 56); S Sio (B Keast 46), J Yeandle (c) (M Norey 54), E Painter (J Iosefa-Scott 46), R Tuima (M Postlethwaite 56), L Pearson, E Roots, J Vermeulen (A Davis 58), G Fisilau Referee: Adam Leal

Attendance: 19,426

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MATCH REPORT PREMIERSHIP RUGBY CUP - SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER

47 Tries: Vintcent (3), Armstrong, Relton, Snow, Burrow Cons: Haydon-Wood (6)

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10 Tries: Kerins, Brown

EXETER CHIEFS V LONDON SCOTTISH

TRIES

CARRIES

TACKLES

TERRITORY

POSSESSION

MATCH STATS

54% 54% 154 114 7

TOP PERFORMERS

46% 46% 2

CARRIES

TACKLES

CLEAR OUTS

WILL HAYDONWOOD

JOE BAILEY

JOE BAILEY

11

16

31

ROSS VINTCENT

WILL HAYDONWOOD

MATT POSTLETHWAITE

9

15

29

MAX NOREY

ROSS VINTCENT

MAX NOREY

9

13

22

AIDON DAVIS

9 Exeter Chiefs: D John; I Feyi-Waboso, Z Wimbush, O Devoto (c) (T Hendrickson 55), A Relton; W Haydon-Wood, N Armstrong (J Snow 55); D Southworth (J Kenny 48), M Norey (O Burrows 67), P Schickerling (M Steet 48); M Postlethwaite, J Dunne (A Bell 52), A Davis, J Bailey, R Vintcent (R Tuima 67) London Scottish: T Green; W Brown, H Hyde, B Waghorn, C Cleaves; A Lloyd-Seed, J Law; G Cave, J Musk, A Challenger; H Browne, J Green, B Ransom (c), W Trenholm, Z Carr Replacements: A Wallis, T Osborne, R Charalambous, S Pill, L Barrett, S Kerins, R McCallum, C Anderson Referee: Harry Walbaum

Attendance: 6,006

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LEICESTER TIGERS(A)

TRAILFINDERS SUNDAY 7 JAN | TBC

SARACENS(A)

SATURDAY 28 OCT | 2PM

SATURDAY 13 DEC | 2.30PM

LEICESTER TIGERS(A)

WARRIORS WOMEN

SUNDAY 19 NOV | 3PM

SATURDAY 20 JAN | TBC

BRISTOL BEARS SATURDAY 25 NOV | 3PM

SALE SHARKS(A) SATURDAY 2 DEC | 2PM

BRISTOL BEARS(A) SATURDAY 3 FEB | TBC

SALE SHARKS SATURDAY 10 FEB | TBC

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SATURDAY 9 DEC | 3PM

SATURDAY 24 FEB | TBC

GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY SATURDAY 16 DEC | 3PM

LOUGHBOROUGH (A) SATURDAY 23 DEC | 3PM

CUP ROUND 6 SATURDAY 13 APR | TBC

CUP ROUND 7 SATURDAY 27 APR | TBC

TRAILFINDERS(A) SATURDAY 11 MAY | TBC

SARACENS SATURDAY 18 MAY | TBC

WARRIORS WOMEN (A) SATURDAY 25 MAY | TBC

LEICESTER TIGERS SATURDAY 1 JUN | TBC

GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY(A) SATURDAY 2 MAR | TBC

LOUGHBOROUGH SATURDAY 9 MAR | TBC

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2023•24 WOMEN’S SQUAD MAISY ALLEN (11ST) BACK-ROW 70KG 1.64M (5FT 4INS) 21/09/2001

KATIE BUCHANAN (10ST 12LBS) FULL-BACK 69KG 1.64M (5FT 4INS) 31/07/2003

MERRYN DOIDGE (10ST 9LBS) FULL-BACK 68KG 1.75M (5FT 9INS) 02/12/2000

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HARRIET BOND (10ST 9LBS) WINGER 68KG 1.71M (5FT 7INS) 05/04/2003

GABBY CANTORNA (12ST 6LBS) CENTRE 79KG 1.64M (5FT 4INS) 02/08/1995

NICHOLA FRYDAY 83KG (13ST) LOCK 1.75M (5FT 9INS) 02/06/1995

BROOKE BRADLEY (9ST 1LB) SCRUM- 58KG 1.60M (5FT 2INS) HALF 21/01/1999

NAOMI BRENNAN (11ST 2LBS) CENTRE 71KG 1.67M (5FT 5INS)

LORI CRAMER (10ST 7LBS) FULL-BACK/ 67KG 1.68M (5FT 6INS) WING 08/03/1993

LOTTIE DADDS (10ST 9LBS) FLY-HALF/ 68KG (5FT 7INS) CENTRE 1.70M 01/08/2003

LIZZIE HANLON (13ST 9LBS) HOOKER 87KG 1.71M (5FT 7INS)

SAMMIE HARRIS (10ST 7LBS) FULL-BACK 67KG 1.70M (5FT 7INS)

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ELOISE HAYWARD (10ST 7LBS) SCRUM- 67KG 1.64M (5FT 4INS) HALF 07/09/1999

EBONY JEFFERIES (12ST 1LB) BACK-ROW 77KG 1.73M (5FT 8INS)

SOPHIE LANGFORD (11ST 11LBS) CENTRE 75KG 1.68M (5FT 6INS)

POPPY LEITCH 72KG (11ST 4LBS) LOCK/ (5FT 6INS) BACK-ROW 1.69M 04/07/1997

CLAUDIA MACDONALD 66KG (10ST 5LBS) WING 1.67M (5FT 5INS)

EDEL MCMAHON (11ST 4LBS) BACK-ROW 72KG 1.63M (5FT 4INS)

DALEAKA MENIN 92KG (14ST 6LBS) PROP 1.64M (5FT 4INS)

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NANCY MCGILLIVRAY (12ST 3LBS) CENTRE 78KG 1.68M (5FT 6INS) 15/11/2002

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HARRIET MILLAR-MILLS (13ST 5LBS) BACK-ROW 85KG 1.78M (5FT 10INS) 16/04/1991

RACHEL JOHNSON (13ST 3LBS) BACK-ROW 84G 1.70M (5FT 7INS) 05/02/1991

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CLIODHNA MOLONEY (13ST 5LBS) HOOKER 85KG 1.67M (5FT 5INS) 31/05/1993

KANAKO KOBAYASHI (10ST 9LBS) CENTRE 68KG 1.64M (5FT 4INS) 13/11/1998

MAIRI MCDONALD (9ST 4LBS) SCRUM- 59KG 1.58M (5FT 2INS) HALF 25/11/1997

ABBY MIDDLEBROOKE 72KG (11ST 4LBS) PROP 1.64M (5FT 4INS) 13/05/2002

PANASHE MUZAMBE 80KG (12ST 8LBS) PROP 1.67M (5FT 5INS) 17/11/1995

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CLARA NIELSON (11ST 6LBS) HOOKER 73KG 1.64M (5FT 4INS) 22/10/1992

JOSIE PLANT 84KG (13ST 3LBS) LOCK 1.76M (5FT 9INS) 25/01/2005

ALICIA PRINT (14ST 11LBS) HOOKER 94KG 1.69M (5FT 6INS) 02/07/1997

ALESSIA SKEATES 98KG (15ST 6LBS) PROP 1.64M (5FT 4INS) 19/08/2004

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JODIE OUNSLEY 74KG (11ST 9LBS) WING 1.70M (5FT 7INS)

FELICITY POWDRELL (10ST 5LBS) CENTRE / 66KG (5FT 5INS) BACK-ROW 1.66M 01/11/1996

DANIELLE PREECE (11ST 6LBS) CENTRE 73KG 1.75M (5FT 7INS)

KAYLEIGH PRIEST (13ST 12LBS) HOOKER/ 88KG (5FT 5INS) BACK-ROW 1.67M 22/09/2005

HOPE ROGERS 92KG (14ST 6LBS) PROP 1.68M (5FT 6INS)

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LAUREN SUMMERS (8ST 11LBS) SCRUM- 56KG 1.53M (5FT) HALF 21/10/2001

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EILIDH SINCLAIR 72KG (11ST 4LBS) WING 1.66M (5FT 5INS) 06/07/1995

ALEX TESSIER (11ST 9LBS) FLY-HALF 74KG 1.73M (5FT 8INS) 03/09/1993

EMILY TUTTOSI (13ST 9LBS) HOOKER 87KG 1.71M (5FT 7INS) 21/09/1995

LINDE VAN DER VELDEN (14ST 6LBS) BACK-ROW/92KG 1.84M (6FT) LOCK 20/02/1995

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MATCH REPORT ALLIANZ CUP - SUNDAY 1 OCTOBER

21 52 Tries: Fryday, Sams Cons: Dadds (2), Powdrell

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Tries: Burgess, Bonner, Murray, Pam, Wills, Molloy, Jaques, Nigrelli Cons: Nigrelli (6)

EXETER CHIEFS WOMEN V BRISTOL BEARS WOMEN

TRIES

CARRIES

TACKLES

POSSESSION

MATCH STATS

38% 241 88 3

TOP PERFORMERS

62% 8

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CLEAR OUTS

NIAMH ORCHARD

NIAMH ORCHARD

POPPY LEITCH

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19

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NICHOLA FRYDAY

HARRIET MILLAR-MILLS

NIAMH ORCHARD

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16

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CLIODHNA MOLONEY

EILIDH SINCLAIR

CLIODHNA MOLONEY

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16

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Exeter Chiefs Women: M Doidge; E Sinclair, F Powdrell (D Preece 40), S Langford, K Buchanan (S Harris 40); L Dadds, E Hayward (O Ortiz 40); A Middlebrooke (P Muzambe 40), C Moloney (C Nielson 62), L Hanlon (H Sams 62), N Fryday (K Smith 60), H Millar-Mills, E Jefferies (J Plant 62), P Leitch (c), N Orchard.

Bristol Bears Women: E Lovibond; R Bonner, M Varley, P Murray, D Wills; L Skuse, L Burgess (c); S Pam, H Phillips, E Marston-Mulhearn, H Cunningham, D Burns, J Herring, M Jones, G Nigrelli.

Replacements: J Spreague, I Jaques, D Dinapoli, N Beet, C Molloy, E Lewis, M Wilkinson, G Compton Referee: D Jones

Attendance: 854

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WXV EXPLAINED

WORLD RUGBY HAS LAUNCHED A NEW THREE-TIER ANNUAL GLOBAL WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL 15S COMPETITION WITHIN A RESTRUCTURING OF THE TEST CALENDAR. With the first games played last night, the aim is to revolutionise the women’s international rugby landscape, providing a meaningful pathway towards an expanded 16-team Rugby World Cup in 2025. ITV will show all three England and Wales games on ITVX. More about the three tiers….

WXV 1

WXV 1 will consist of six teams and be played in a crosspool format, as a standalone tournament played in New Zealand. The participating teams will be determined on a year-by-year basis, but there will be no promotion or relegation in the first cycle of WXV 1.

Teams include the top three teams from the Women’s Six Nations (England, France and Wales) in pool one, and the top three teams of the cross-regional tournament (Australia, Canada and New Zealand) in pool two.

WXV 2

The WXV 2 competition will see six teams competing in South Africa in the same format, but the sixth-placed regional position in the WXV 2 competition at the end of each season will be relegated to WVX 3.

This time there are two teams from Europe (Italy and Scotland), plus the fourth-placed team from the crossregional tournament (USA), and one team each from Oceania, Asia and Africa (Japan, Samoa and South Africa).

Italy played Japan to open a double-header in Stellenbosch last night followed by Scotland v South Africa.

WXV 3

Same format for WXV 3 with two teams from Europe (Ireland and Spain), Kazakhstan from Asia, Fiji from Oceania, Kenya from Africa, and Colombia from South America. The group winner will win promotion to WXV 2.

The fate of the bottom team will be decided by a play-off with the next best side, according to the World Rugby Women’s Rankings.

These matches will be played in Dubai with Fiji, Colombia and Ireland up against Kazakhstan last night.

The WXV 1 tournament kicks off next Friday with England up against Australia.

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The Christmas

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T H U R S D AY 1 4 T H DECEMBER 2023 A R R I VA L 1 2 P M U N T I L L AT E C O M P E R E W I T H D AV I D F L AT M A N FOUR COURSE FESTIVE LUNCH F E S T I V E E N T E R TA I N M E N T

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IF YOU WERE AT THE LONDON SCOTTISH GAME TWO WEEKS AGO, YOU WILL HAVE WITNESSED A FANTASTIC £74,468 BEING SPLIT BETWEEN 29 DIFFERENT CHARITIES AT A SPECIAL CHEQUE PRESENTATION Representatives from all of last season’s designated charities were invited to attend the Premiership Rugby Cup fixture against the Championship side.

At half-time, the charities were rewarded for their efforts last season, which involved raising funds through match-day bucket collections and manning some of our off-site car parks.

In the past season, the Foundation has funded building and renovation works, the installation of play equipment, and assistance with buying a large number of vehicles, ranging from minibuses to a boat!

Foundation trustees handed out cheques to representatives from the following charities: • Age UK Exeter

• It’s In the Bag Cancer Support

• Balloons

• Jays Aim

• Brain Tumour Support

• Living Options Devon

• Children's Hospice South West

• Royal Albert Memorial Museum Development Trust

• Community Equality Disability Action

• RD&E NHS Trust

• Dartmoor Search and Rescue Ashburton

• Royal Marines Charity

• Devon Rape and Sexual Abuse Services

• South West M S Centre

• Dream-A-Way • Exeter & East Devon Motor Neurone Disease Association • Exeter Athletic RFC • Exeter Community Initiatives • Exeter Dementia Action Alliance • Exeter Food Action • Exeter Leukaemia Fund • Exeter Lions Club • Force Cancer Charity

• See the Future • Stanley Beau Foundation • Vranch House • Westcountry Hawks Wheelchair Rugby • Wooden Spoon Devon

This leads nicely to today’s bucket collectors from See The Future.

This charity raises awareness of the importance of going to the opticians, not just for vision but other health issues that can be detected, such as rare eye cancers, mini strokes, diabetes, glaucoma, heart disease, and so much more. It’s all about opening eyes to better health.

A great deal of credit must go to all of the volunteers who have given up their time to come and collect what is much-needed funds for all these charities. Thanks too to all our supporters who donated.

• Freedom Wheels

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RUGBY SHORTS

HISTORIC MOMENT FOR EXETER ATHLETIC RFC This week witnessed a historic moment for Exeter Athletic RFC when the club’s board meeting was held in their stunning new clubhouse.

This remarkable facility will be at the heart of this “spirited club”, where the board and others hope to shape its future with even more great ideas. The clubhouse marks the first of those ideas and is a major milestone.

Well done to all of Exeter Athletics’ members, supporters and partners, who have helped make this happen.

ENGLAND U20S CALL-UP FOR TWO CHIEFS Two Chiefs players have been named in the England U20s men's elite playing squad.

Lock Joe Bailey and back-row Kane James have been selected for the 32-player squad, ahead of the U20s Six Nations and World Championships next year, by new head coach Mark Mapletoft and forwards coach Andy Titterrell.

The pair will attend training camps at Browns Sports Resort, Portugal, and Bisham Abbey in December and January, as well as a newly announced brace of exhibition warm-ups against Bath Rugby and Oxford University ahead of their first Six Nations games against Italy on February 2, 2024.

Mapletoft said: “Andy and I have assembled an extremely talented group to take us into this season, we have every confidence in their ability as well as their mindset as a team.

BEAVER SCOUTS ENJOY COACHING SESSION The 3rd Exmouth Beaver Scouts were given an introduction session to rugby by two coaches from Exmouth RFC. The Cockles players visited the unit at Marpool Hill Scout Headquarters to teach them basic rugby skills, while the beavers also made Rugby World Cup bunting.

“Over the next few months, we will be working towards establishing continuity within our play and link together these very special players to best represent the England shirt in 2024.”

WE WANT YOUR RUGBY CLUB’S NEWS! As seen above, we would like to shake this page up a bit this season and would like to share some stories and photos from local rugby clubs too.

Please send us updates on standout results, new players, new coaches, milestone appearances, clubhouse developments, county or national call-ups, etc. and photos to rugbyshorts@exeterchiefs.co.uk.

Please share this request with team managers, administrators and coaches at your club so we can hear about what you have been up to and extend our rugby family.

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FROM THE PRESS BOX THIS IS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY I HAVE HAD TO COMMENT IN THE PROGRAMME ON THE VERY SAD DEMISE OF CHAMPIONSHIP CLUB JERSEY REDS. Exeter Chiefs bizarrely seem to have been there or thereabouts at the death of all four top-two tier English clubs to have gone out of business during the past 12 months.

They were the last team to face both Jersey and London Irish before they ceased trading. They played Worcester at Sixways in the Warriors’ penultimate game - the Midlanders had one more match against Newcastle Falcons before the plug was pulled and they were due to be at home to Wasps in the Premiership in the week they went to the wall.

I think, in all four cases, the writing had been on the wall a long time before, and covid merely brought forward the date when the seemingly inevitable would happen, unless they could find a major investor to boost their ailing balance sheets. The question everyone seems to be asking now is, who is next?

Of course, I feel for all those people who have lost their jobs, be it players, coaches, backroom staff etc.

There is no worse time to be made redundant than in the middle of a cost of living crisis. Hopefully, they will all find new employment soon.

But the people I feel most sad for are the fans of all of these clubs. They wake up one day to suddenly find the team they have supported for years and years, clocking up the miles to watch their matches, and for which they no doubt have plenty of merchandise, suddenly no longer exists. It must feel like a bereavement, and one that will take some getting over.

I can remember how I felt when the Exeter Falcons speedway team closed down at the old home of the Exeter Chiefs, the County Ground stadium. My father had taken me to watch my first meeting there in 1977 – at the age of nine – and I was an avid fan up until 2005, when the final meeting took place. With

no Falcons anymore, I had to move on and support Plymouth Gladiators and Poole Pirates, but the feeling I had when watching the Falcons is just not there anymore. You almost feel disloyal to your first love, and as hard as you might try, the magic never quite returns.

Who would want to be a Championship club at the moment? And who would want to invest in one?

They receive little financial backing from the RFU. Their ground needs to meet certain crazy criteria to even think about winning promotion to the Premiership, and if they do happen to finish top of the Championship table at the end of the season and tick all the boxes, they must go through a two-legged play-off against the team finishing bottom of the Premiership. If they achieve all of that, it would be some sort of miracle! The addition of, say, an Ealing Trailfinders to the Premiership would bring some extra interest to the top flight and freshen up the fixture list.

It has been great seeing the Chiefs play the likes of Jersey, Cornish Pirates and London Scottish in the Premiership Rugby Cup in the past few weeks, and while some of the scorelines in the competition as a whole have admittedly been very one-sided, Ealing finished top of their pool and are now in the semifinals. They are showing just what the top-flight clubs are missing out on by excluding them from the Premiership on the basis of their ground failing to meet the minimum standard criteria.

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2023/24 MEN’S FIXTURES HARLEQUINS (A)

MUNSTER

SUNDAY 22 OCT | 3PM

SUNDAY 17 DEC | 1PM

SALE SHARKS SATURDAY 28 OCT | 3PM

BRISTOL BEARS SUNDAY 5 NOV | 3PM

NORTHAMPTON SAINTS(A) SUNDAY 12 NOV | 3PM

LEICESTER TIGERS SATURDAY 23 DEC | 3PM

BRISTOL BEARS (A) FRIDAY 29 DEC | 7.45PM

NORTHAMPTON SAINTS SATURDAY 6 JAN | 3PM

GLOUCESTER RUGBY

GLASGOW WARRIORS

SUNDAY 19 NOV | 3PM

SATURDAY 13 JAN | 1PM

NEWCASTLE FALCONS(A) SUNDAY 26 NOV | 3PM

BATH RUGBY (A) SATURDAY 2 DEC | 3PM

RC TOULON (A) SATURDAY 9 DEC | 1PM

SALE SHARKS (A) 29/30/31 MAR | TBC

BATH RUGBY 20/21 APRIL | TBC

GLOUCESTER RUGBY (A) 26/27/28 APRIL | TBC

HARLEQUINS 11/12 MAY | TBC

LEICESTER TIGERS (A) 17/18/19 MAY | TBC

BAYONNAIS(A) SUNDAY 21 JAN | 5.30PM

SARACENS(A)

27/28 JAN | TBC

NEWCASTLE FALCONS 23/24 MAR | TBC

* FIXTURES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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EXETER CHIEFS WOMEN V SALE SHARKS WOMEN SATURDAY 21 OCTOBER KICK-OFF 15:00

EXETER CHIEFS V SALE SHARKS SATURDAY 28 OCTOBER KICK-OFF 15:00

EXETER CHIEFS V BRISTOL BEARS SUNDAY 5 NOVEMBER KICK-OFF 15.00

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WHAT’S ON AT SANDY PARK WE HAVE A WHOLE HOST OF EVENTS COMING UP AT SANDY PARK TO TAKE US RIGHT UP TO CHRISTMAS!

FIGHT NIGHT

We are just weeks away from our fight night on Thursday 19 October to raising money for the Exeter Chiefs Foundation and The Royal Marines Charity.

You have the chance to be ringside for every punch as we combine a black-tie event with the thrills and spills of a top-class fight night. The evening will include a sumptuous three-course dinner.

Tickets are £85 per person or £800 for a table of 10.

COMEDY NIGHT

Exeter's biggest comedy night returns on Friday 10 November from 7pm.

You can pre-order food with Thai green chicken curry, green vegetables and wild rice on the menu and a tofu vegetarian option available. Please note there will no food available on the night unless pre-ordered. This is event is over to over-18s only.

Tickets are £20 with food or £12 without. If you want to bring some friends, a table of 10 with food is £180 or £100 without.

This is the first time we have run an event like this! On Wednesday 1 November, we will be giving you the opportunity to hear all about the exciting young stars coming into both the men’s and women’s squads with Q&As with Rob Baxter OBE, Susie Appleby and of course, our new players.

Included in your £20 ticket (£18 for season ticket holders) is a main course of pie & mash, so why not make an evening of it and join us here at Sandy Park to meet our new stars? Doors open at 7pm.

SANDY PARK SESSIONS

Sandy Park Sessions return on Friday 17 November from 9pm!

We have a superstar line up of DJs bringing some of the best house and electronic dance music to the South West.

THE CHRISTMAS LUNCH

We then bring together the Exeter Chiefs Foundation and Wooden Spoon Devon for this year’s Christmas Lunch on Thursday 14 December.

Mr C, The Shamen, Altern8 and Shadow Child will be playing, as well as highly respected producer and mixer, Tim Cullen.

We will also be welcoming back favourites Hatchett and El Barco to Sandy Park.

Don’t miss out on what promises to be an epic night.

Tickets start at £12.

CHRISTMAS PARTIES 2023

MEET THE NEW PLAYERS

Join us for this fun-filled festive afternoon to celebrate the Christmas season in style. We are thrilled to be joined by former England prop and TV pundit David Flatman as our host for the afternoon.

The Christmas

Lunch

T H U R S D AY 1 4 T H DECEMBER 2023 A R R I VA L 1 2 P M U N T I L L AT E C O M P E R E W I T H D AV I D F L AT M A N FOUR COURSE FESTIVE LUNCH F E S T I V E E N T E R TA I N M E N T

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The event will start at 12pm when guests will be treated to a sumptuous festive three-course meal. We recommend you book your carriages for 8pm.

Tickets are £85 per person or £800 for a table of 10.

Enquire today to make sure you don’t miss out on hosting your Christmas Party at Exeter’s premier events centre.

Prices start at £32 per person.

To book any of these events, please go to www.sandypark.co.uk/events.

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