• Exeter Chiefs 31-14 Clermont AuvergneIt wasn’t the richest Devonian tea-time feast,but it was raw and colourful and eventually tasted pretty sweet. A late try gave Exeter a bonus point to total a fine performance and for the watching Eddie Jones there was much to admire in the work of Jack Nowell and Thomas Waldrom.
Sandy Park turned very windy for the tea-time kick-off, with Clermont enjoying its benefits in the first half. Win the ball and they could kick from one end to the other – a penalty by Scott Spedding from 52 metres would rattle the top half of a post. The problem was the winning the ball bit. The Clermont lineout had no Benjamin Kayser to find it – the hooker was one of their many injuries – and Exeter picked it off at will.
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Source: theguardian.com