• Exeter 42-29 Bath
• Chiefs lead 28-3 at half-time as leaders beat third-placed rivalsForget the competitive-looking final scoreline. For the majority of the contest this was the most one-sided of West Country derbies with the hosts so rampant their supporters were serenading them with chants of “Olé,Olé!” Exeter are not champions of England by chance and here was further proof it will take an extremely genuine side to wrest their title away from them.
There is no certainly no doubt who is presently bossing the Premiership table. The Chiefs, if only for 24 hours, or now stand eight points ahead of their closest rivals with the season not yet at its halfway point. “We were well and truly schooled,” said Todd Blackadder, Bath’s director of rugby. “I doubt you could build a better first half together than they showed nowadays. If they withhold playing like that I don’t judge anyone will get close to them.”Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk