Exeter Chiefs

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Exeter Chiefs
Full name Exeter Rugby Club
Founded 1871 (1871)
Location Exeter, Devon, England
Ground(s) Sandy Park (Capacity: 10,744)
Chairman England Tony Rowe
Coach(es) England Rob Baxter
Captain(s) Australia Dean Mumm
League(s) Aviva Premiership
2012–13 6th
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.exeterchiefs.co.uk

Exeter Chiefs (officially Exeter Rugby Club) are an English rugby union club based in Exeter, Devon[1] that currently play in the Aviva Premiership, the top level of domestic rugby union in England. They also compete in the Anglo-Welsh Cup and European Rugby Cup competitions.

Stadium

Exeter play their home games at Sandy Park, which is located on the outskirts of the city. The club moved from their previous home, the County Ground, in 2006 having played there regularly since 1905.[2] Sandy Park can currently accommodate 10,744 spectators, however, there are plans to increase this capacity to 20,600 with phase one set to begin in early 2014.[3]

Club honours

Current standings

2013–14 Aviva Premiership Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Tries For Tries Against Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Northampton Saints 13 11 1 1 338 185 153 39 15 4 1 51
2 Saracens 13 11 0 2 375 193 182 40 19 6 0 50
3 Bath 13 9 1 3 286 207 79 27 23 1 1 40
4 Harlequins 13 8 0 5 238 181 57 21 15 2 2 36
5 Leicester Tigers 13 7 2 4 283 270 13 28 23 2 2 36
6 Sale Sharks 13 7 0 6 237 235 2 23 21 2 4 34
7 London Wasps 13 6 0 7 246 245 1 24 20 2 6 32
8 Exeter Chiefs 13 6 0 7 245 240 5 21 20 1 4 29
9 Gloucester 13 4 0 9 228 309 -81 22 31 1 5 22
10 London Irish 13 4 0 9 213 265 -52 20 24 0 5 21
11 Newcastle Falcons 13 3 0 10 107 276 -169 6 30 0 2 14
12 Worcester Warriors 13 0 0 13 150 340 -190 11 37 0 4 4

If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  1. Greater Number of matches won
  2. Greater Points Difference
  3. Greater Points For
  4. Greater Points For (matches between the tied teams)
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
    Green background (rows 1 to 4) are play-off places. Red background (row 12) will be relegated if the winner of the RFU Championship meets the requirements for promotion. Updated 9 February 2014 — Current English Leagues

    source: Premiership Rugby

    Heineken Cup

    2012–13 Heineken Cup

    Pool 5

    Team P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
    France Clermont 6 6 0 0 213 64 +149 23 3 4 0 28
    Ireland Leinster 6 4 0 2 124 96 +28 12 5 2 2 20
    England Exeter Chiefs 6 2 0 4 93 166 −73 6 19 0 1 9
    Wales Scarlets 6 0 0 6 79 183 −104 6 20 0 2 2

    2013-14 Heineken Cup

    Pool 2

    Pool 2

    Team P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA TB LB Pts
    France Toulon 6 5 0 1 170 104 +66 15 10 3 1 24
    Wales Cardiff Blues 6 3 0 3 119 148 −29 10 14 1 1 14
    England Exeter Chiefs 6 2 0 4 118 123 −5 11 14 1 3 12
    Scotland Glasgow Warriors 6 2 0 4 98 130 −32 12 10 1 2 11

    Current squad

    [4] Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-IRB nationality.

    Player Position Union
    Greg Bateman Hooker England England
    Tom Cowan-Dickie Hooker England England
    Chris Whitehead Hooker England England
    Jack Yeandle Hooker England England
    Alex Brown Prop England England
    Luke Cowan-Dickie Prop England England
    Kieran Davies Prop England England
    Lloyd Fairbrother Prop England England
    Craig Mitchell Prop Wales Wales
    Ben Moon Prop England England
    Carl Rimmer Prop England England
    Brett Sturgess Prop England England
    Hoani Tui Prop New Zealand New Zealand
    Will Carrick-Smith Lock England England
    James Hanks Lock England England
    Romana Graham Lock New Zealand New Zealand
    Dean Mumm (c) Lock Australia Australia
    Damian Welch Lock England England
    Don Armand Flanker South Africa South Africa
    Joel Conlon Flanker England England
    Dave Ewers Flanker Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
    Tom Johnson Flanker England England
    James Phillips Flanker England England
    James Scaysbrook Flanker England England
    Ben White Flanker Australia Australia
    Kai Horstmann Number 8 England England
    Player Position Union
    Will Chudley Scrum-half England England
    Dave Lewis Scrum-half England England
    Haydn Thomas Scrum-half England England
    Henry Slade Fly-half England England
    Gareth Steenson Fly-half Ireland Ireland
    Ceri Sweeney Fly-half Wales Wales
    Sam Hill Centre England England
    Sireli Naqelevuki Centre Fiji Fiji
    Jason Shoemark Centre New Zealand New Zealand
    Ian Whitten Centre Ireland Ireland
    Jack Arnott Wing England England
    Tom James Wing Wales Wales
    Matt Jess Wing England England
    Fetu'u Vainikolo Wing Tonga Tonga
    Luke Arscott Fullback England England
    Phil Dollman Fullback Wales Wales
    Jack Nowell Fullback England England

    Transfers 2014–15

    Players In

    Players Out

    References

    1. ↑ "Contact". Exeter Chiefs F.C. Retrieved 7 May 2013. 
    2. ↑ History - Exeter Chiefs
    3. ↑ Phase one works to begin at Sandy Park
    4. ↑ "Players & Staff". Exeter Chiefs. Retrieved 16 June 2011. 
    5. ↑ "Exeter Chiefs sign England back-row Thomas Waldrom from Leicester Tigers". Sky Sports. 20 January 2014. 
    6. ↑ "Exeter Chiefs prop Hoani Tui to join French side Lyon". BBC Sport. 8 January 2014. 
    7. ↑ "Cardiff Blues sign Wales prop Craig Mitchell from Exeter Chiefs". BBC Sport. 21 January 2014. 
    8. ↑ (French)"Exeter Chiefs's Romana Graham to join French side La Rochelle". Maville Brest. 6 February 2014. 

    Further reading

    • Clark, Neil (2012). It Was Never My Ambition To Become A Hooker. Chequered Flag Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9569460-2-7. 

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