Exeter Chiefs Secure Third Place with Convincing Win Over Newcastle
Exeter winger Paul Brown-Bampoe has scored four tries in this season's Premiership.
Tries: Wade, Hancock
Conversions: Connon, Healy
Tries: Brown-Bampoe 2, Ridl 2, Woodburn, Varney
Conversions: Skinner 4
Exeter Chiefs moved back up to third place in the Premiership with a dominant 38-14 bonus-point victory away to bottom-of-the-table Newcastle Red Bulls.
The Devon side recorded successive wins since the competition resumed after the Six Nations, running in six tries at Kingston Park.
Chiefs wingers Paul Brown-Bampoe and Cameron Ridl each scored two tries, with Olly Woodburn and Stephen Varney also crossing the try line.
The five points lifted Exeter above Leicester Tigers and, importantly, opened up an eight-point cushion over Bristol Bears in fifth place as the Chiefs pursue a play-off spot for the first time since 2021.
It was a difficult evening for Newcastle, who suffered their 11th league defeat in 12 games, remaining four points behind Harlequins. Their only highlights were a brilliant solo try from Christian Wade and a late score from Connor Hancock.
Team Line-Ups
Newcastle: E Obatoyinbo; Wade, Hearle, Beeckmans, H Obatoyinbo; Connon, Benitez Cruz; Brocklebank, McGuigan (c), Palframan; Usher, Scott, Parsons, Christie, Leatherbarrow.
Replacements: Fletcher, Hancock, McCallum, Clarke, Gordon, Elliott, Healy, Spencer.
Exeter: Woodburn; Brown-Bampoe, Lilley, Rigg, Ridl; Skinner, Varney; Sio, Yeandle (c), Roots; Tuima, Zambonin, Hooper, Vintcent, Fisilau.
Replacements: Heaven, Burger, Tchumbadze, Pearson, Worley-Brady, Cairns, Haydon-Wood, John.
