- Exeter 74-3 Newcastle
- Henry Slade and Jacques Vermeulen score two tries each
One or two other sides are finishing the regular season strongly but they still have to loosen the iron grip of last season’s champions Exeter. Roared on by the first home fans to populate Sandy Park for five months the rampant Chiefs proved far too much for their under-strength visitors and are now just three points behind leaders Bristol with two rounds to play.
The Chiefs also equalled their record tally for a Premiership match, matching the 74 points rattled up against London Welsh six years ago, with man-of-the-match Henry Slade and Jacques Vermeulen collecting two tries apiece. It has not been the greatest of months for Slade, unluckily omitted from the British & Irish Lions squad to tour South Africa, but the gifted centre enjoyed himself here in front of the watching England coach, Eddie Jones.
