Exeter Chiefs

Exeter Chiefs

Full name	Exeter Rugby Club
Founded	1871
Stadion	Sandy Park
Places	12,800
president	Tony Rowe
Trainer	Rob Baxter
Homepage	exeterchiefs.co.uk
league	English Premiership
2018/19	Runner-up
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The Exeter Chiefs are an English rugby union team that plays in the English Premiership .

history

The club was founded in 1871 and played the first game in 1873. In the first few years, the playing field was often changed and then for decades the county ground, where cricket was played, was used. The games have been played in Sandy Park since the 2006/07 season .

After the professionalization of rugby union in England in the mid-1990s, the club strove to belong to the top division in the long term. 1997 succeeded the promotion to the second highest division, the then National Division One, in which the Chiefs could establish themselves in the upper midfield. In the 2004/05, 2007/08 and 2008/09 seasons, the Chiefs barely missed promotion to the Premiership as runner-up. They finally succeeded in 2010. In the 2016/17 season they won their first championship title after their best placement in the Premiership was 5th in the 2011/12 season.

player

Current squad

The squad for the 2019/2020 season:

Front side (forwards) pier  Tomas Francis  Alex Hepburn  Greg Holmes  Billy Keast  James Kenny  Ben Moon  Alfie Petch  Danny Southworth  Marcus Street  Harry Williams hooker  Luke Cowan-Dickie  Jack Innard  Max Norey  Jordon Poole  Elvis Taione  Jack Yeandle Second row striker  Don Armand  Josh Caulfield  Dave Dennis  Jonny Hill  Jannes Kirsten  Sean Lonsdale  Joe Parker-Cook  Tom Price  Sam Skinner  Stan South  Corey Teague  Will Witty Winger / Number Eight  Richard Capstick  Flynn Elworthy  Dave Ewers  Matt Kvesic  James McRae  Sam Simmonds  Rus Tuima  Jacques Vermeulen  Charlie Wright

Back line (backs) Half of the crowd  Jack Maunder  Sam Maunder  Joe Snow  Stu Townsend  Nic White Connection half  Sam Morley  Joe Simmonds  Harvey Skinner  Henry Slade  Gareth Steenson Inner three quarters  Max Bodilly  Ollie Devoto  Tom Hendrickson  Sam Hill  Pete Laverick  Ian Whitten Outer three-quarters  Alex Cuthbert  Tom O'Flaherty  James Short  Olly Woodburn Goalkeeper  Phil Dollman  Stuart Hogg  Jack Nowell

Well-known former players

•  Chrysander Botha
•  Gonzalo Camacho
•  Michele Campagnaro
•  Santiago Cordero
•  Moray Low
•  Josh Matavesi
•  Nikola Matawalu
•  Dean guts
•  Nemani Nadolo
•  Geoff Parling
•  Junior Poluleuligaga
•  Ceri Sweeney
•  Fetu'u Vainikolo

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Player List. Exeter Chiefs, accessed September 19, 2019 .