| Newcastle: (14) 14 |
| Tries: Blamire, Moroni Cons: Johnson 2 |
| Exeter: (8) 20 |
| Tries: Feyi-Waboso, Slade, Iosefa-Scott Cons: Slade Pens: Slade |
Exeter Chiefs had to come from behind at Kingston Park as they beat Newcastle Falcons to claim their first away Premiership win of the season.
There were three tries in the first eight minutes as Jamie Blamire and Matias Moroni crossed for Falcons to erase Immanuel Feyi-Waboso’s early try.
But the Chiefs stepped it up in the final quarter with two more tries.
Henry Slade got the first and then converted the second from Exeter replacement prop Josh Iosefa-Scott.
Slade missed a routine conversion to add the extras to his own try, as well as an equally simple penalty opportunity earlier – and, trailing 14-13, it looked like that might cost the Chiefs.
But they kept their cool to stretch winless bottom club Newcastle’s run without a Premiership victory to 10 matches, dating back to their last success, at home to Gloucester on 24 March.
More to follow.
Newcastle: Penny; Radwan, Moroni, Hutchison, Stephens; Johnson, Elliott; Brantingham, Blamire, Bello, Hawkins, McDonald, Rubiolo, Pepper, Chick (capt).
Replacements: Byrne, Brocklebank, McCallum, van der Walt, Cross, O’Sullivan, Jennings, Brown.
Exeter: Wyatt; Feyi-Waboso, Slade, Hawkins, Hammersley; Skinner, Cairns; Sio, Yeandle, Painter, Tuima, Jenkins (capt), Vermeulen, Roots, Davis.
Replacements: Norey, Hepburn, Iosefa-Scott, Pearson, Vintcent, Townsend, Haydon-Wood, Hendrickson.
Referee: Christophe Ridley
Assistant Referees: Jack Makepeace & Jon Healy
TMO: Dean Richards
