Exeter Chiefs celebrate exciting era of thriving instead of just surviving

For Rob Baxter’s ambitious Premiership side the days of battling either to get into the Championship or stay there are long gone. They have provided others with a reason to dream

• Exeter excelling while international exertions take toll

Exeter in the sunshine. A full house on Sunday to watch the Chiefs move back into the top four of the Premiership and celebrate aspiration. Neil Warnock, who started the season in football’s Premier League at Selhurst Park with Crystal Palace, was at Sandy Park in one of the many hospitality boxes that have helped transform a minor club into one of the big players in English rugby.

A couple of days later, Exeter city council’s executive proposed that the Chiefs’ chairman, Tony Rowe, who has overseen the rise of the club from the lower divisions to play-off contention, the freedom of the city in recognition of what the club was doing for the region from a national and international perspective.

Continue reading...



















from Sport | The Guardian http://ift.tt/1NPiAGx

Browse More Articles

Tweet

Written by Unknown

We are Creative Blogger Theme Wavers which provides user friendly, effective and easy to use themes. Each support has free and providing HD support screen casting.