• Exeter 20-19 Sale
  • Cowan-Dickie and Townsend score late tries for 14-man Chiefs

This uniquely demanding Premiership season has seen some remarkable contests but few more extraordinary than this one. Having been a distant second for much of the game 14-man Exeter staged the most stunning of comebacks from 19-3 down and will now enjoy home advantage when these two sides meet here again in next Saturday’s semi-finals.

Early in the second half Sale had appeared to be on course for a home semi themselves thanks to tries from Byron McGuigan, AJ MacGinty, and Arron Reed. All they needed was a fourth try to secure an all-important extra bonus point, the dismissal of Sam Skinner for a high challenge on the diminutive Faf de Klerk with 25 minutes left having seemingly sunk the home side without trace.

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