Exeter vs Bulls

2022 - 12 - 17

Six-try Exeter splatter inexperienced Bulls in Champions Cup rugby ... (News24)

The Bulls received the rugby equivalent of classroom corporal punishment when they went down 44-14 to Exeter Chiefs in their second Champions Cup outing at ...

On the half-hour, it was a case of rinse and repeat as Cowan-Dickie scored again in the same corner after another lineout maul emanating from a penalty. Not long after, Exeter got up the field and capitalised on various Bulls errors and ill-discipline to strike their second try through England international hooker Cowan-Dickie from the back of a maul drive. By the sixth Exeter score, it seemed too long a game and it was a matter of how many points the Chiefs could rack up in the contest.

Exeter Chiefs v Vodacom Bulls LIVE Play-by-play updates from the ... (Devon Live)

All the build-up, team news, live play-by-play match updates, reaction, analysis, stats and highlights from Sandy Park.

Exe are breaking tackles and have just won another scrum penalty as well. Jacobs manages to beat several tacklers before Ludwig is held up going for the line. That has relieved some of the pressure that the Bulls were building. Bulls will be kicking themselves having been held up twice, then Exe hit straight back with a try of their own. That is pretty telling stuff in terms of how that half went. Try - and it's a hat-trick for Cowan-Dickie! Exeter are trying some fancy through-the-hands stuff but the ball keeps on going to ground. I think the Bulls know this game is up now. Bulls blow a golden chance. I think most in the ground were expecting a yellow card but Monsieur Raynal says non, and we go back to an earlier knock-on. *Hard to see what's wrong with it to be honest. Exe were made to work for it, but those two hold-ups for the Bulls in the first half were crucial.

Jake: Bulls needed Marx to beat Exeter (SARugbymag)

In the wake of the Vodacom Bulls' 30-point Champions Cup defeat to Exeter Chiefs, Jake White has again made his case for the top South African talent ...

“They’re a very good team and they’ll be up there at the end of this competition, and the learnings [for us] … “Right at the end there [against Exeter] we were on their line and we popped the ball up and someone knocked on, and it just showed the efficiency of their group compared to our players. [HIGHLIGHTS: Sharks edge Bordeaux](https://www.sarugbymag.co.za/highlights-sharks-edge-bordeaux/) [ALSO: How Jake got Bismarck off the farm](https://www.sarugbymag.co.za/bismarck-jake-got-off-farm/) “They’re probably the best team we’ve ever played against, and the best team we’re ever analysed in terms of their hit rate when they get into your 22. [REPORT: Chiefs slaughter Bulls](https://www.sarugbymag.co.za/chiefs-slaughter-bulls/)

Luke Cowan-Dickie hat-trick powers Exeter Chiefs to bonus-point ... (Independent Online)

Exeter Chiefs scored six tries as they outmuscled the Bulls in their European Champions Cup clash at Sandy Park on Saturday.

Penalties: Simmonds (2). Conversions: Joe Simmonds (4). Just when he was about to dot the ball down, replacement Exeter centre Solomone Kata came in from the side and an offside position to wrap up the No 2 and kill the ball on the ground.

Depleted Vodacom Bulls no match for Exeter Chiefs (SA Rugby)

An understrength Vodacom Bulls team were blown away 44-14 by the Exeter Chiefs in their Heineken Champions Cup encounter at Sandy Park on Saturday afternoon ...

Penalty goals: Simmonds (2). It was all Exeter from there as Cowan-Dickie scored a carbon copy of his earlier try and Henry Slade sewed up the bonus point as passes started to stick for the hosts. Exeter added two second-half tries to their tally, Cowan-Dickie completing his hat-trick four minutes into the frame and Solomone Kata scoring try number six.

Exeter Chiefs put Bulls 'B' side to the sword in Sandy Park (TimesLIVE)

The Bulls were made to rue a decision to field a weaker side in their Heineken Champions Cup match against a strong Exeter Chiefs at Sandy Park in Devon, ...

It was a nervy start for the Bulls. While their director of rugby Jake White said this doesn’t mean they are prioritising the URC over the Champions Cup, without a doubt the Bulls would have been able to match the Chiefs with some of the players that stayed behind. The Chiefs entertained the Bulls on the back of a 27-12 victory over the Castres Olympique.

Bulls youngsters up against star studded Exeter Chiefs in ... (Citizen)

The Bulls second string side get an opportunity to cause an upset against Exeter Chiefs when they take them on in the Champions Cup.

Now we play against a star-studded team in Exeter in front of a soldout home crowd. You don’t always get them when you want them or the environment you want them in. “This weekend is a completely different challenge to last weekend. “I think it was only fair for me to back these guys for this trip. “It is going to be extremely tough. The list just goes on and on.

White has 'no regrets' after Bulls' Exeter defeat: 'You can lose the ... (News24)

Jake White said he had no regrets after watching his young Bulls team fluff its lines against Exeter Chiefs in the Champions Cup.

"They scored 16 points from the 30th to the 40th minute after it was 15-7 for a long time. Bismarck and Reinhardt Ludwig could have scored and the game could have been completely different." That's where we are." "After 55 minutes, it looked like it opened up. Players like Kurt-Lee Arendse, Canan Moodie and Cornal Hendricks might have better killer instinct in the scenario. "I don't have any regrets.

Jake White: Ill-disciplined Bulls should have had a penalty try ... (Independent Online)

Jake White felt that the wasteful Bulls should have had a penalty try and Exeter Chiefs two yellow cards in the first half of Saturday's 44-14 Champions Cup ...

“I went to the ref afterwards, and I said to him, ‘Well done’, as they get a lot of flak sometimes. “Scrum-wise, I thought we were a bit unlucky. And the guy who tackled Reinhardt Ludwig was lying on the ground, and was offside as well. “I thought that guy came in from the side (to stop Du Plessis), and it could’ve been a penalty try. Sometimes you get rewarded and sometimes you don’t. The two major contentious calls by French referee Mathieu Raynal came between the 24th and 27th minutes.

Champions Cup: Exeter Chiefs in a 'pleasing position' after ... (planetrugby.com)

Exeter Chiefs head coach Ali Hepher says his side is in "a pleasing position" after defeating the Bulls 44-14 in the Champions Cup.

There is a very good package there. Ewers scored tries in both games, and Hepher said: “He has been incredibly impressive. That’s where it needs to be. “We have a high regard for the competition, and we want to be successful in it.” “We want to give the guys the experiences they deserve, pitching themselves against the best teams in the world, really. “They want to be in this competition and playing in it.

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