Exeter Chiefs

Exeter Chiefs

Full name	Exeter Chiefs Rugby Club
Founded	1871
Location	Exeter, Devon, England
Ground(s)	Sandy Park (Capacity: 10,744)
Chairman	Tony Rowe
Coach(es)	Rob Baxter
Captain(s)	Tommy Hayes
League(s)	Aviva Premiership
2010–11	8th
1st kit 2nd kit
Official website
www.exeterchiefs.co.uk

Exeter Rugby Club are a rugby union club based in Exeter, Devon.

The Exeter club was formed around 1871 and played its first match in 1873. The first team has been rebranded as the Exeter Chiefs and play in a strip of Black (Home), White (Away).

The Chiefs currently play in the top-tier of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership, having been promoted on 26 May 2010, when they beat Bristol Rugby. They relocated from the County Ground to Sandy Park in the summer of 2006, which has a ground that can accommodate 10,744. They are currently coached by Rob Baxter.

History

In 1905, Devon played a match against the All Blacks at the County Ground, the home of the club, attracting a crowd of 6,000.

Thomas Kelly played lock for Exeter Rugby Club and is the only player from the team to have captained England. He led the English team to a 19–0 victory over France at the Stade Colombes in Paris on 1 January 1908.

In recent seasons a large effort has been made by the club to gain promotion to the Guinness Premiership this was typified by the recruitment in the 2007/08 off season when the club acquired the services of many seasoned professionals.

The Chiefs also reached the final of the EDF Energy Trophy (formerly the Powergen Shield) in four of the seven seasons from 2002 to 2008, but finished runners-up on each occasion.

They now play in the Aviva Premiership as they beat Bristol 29–10 at the Memorial Stadium in a playoff on 26 May 2010, their first ever time in the top flight of English Rugby.

Chiefs supporters chant the tomahawk chop during matches often accompanied by drums.

Club honours

The Championship 2009/10

Last Season

English Premiership Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Leicester Tigers (F)	22	16	1	5	594	403	191	67	29	8	4	78
2	Saracens (C)	22	18	0	4	484	318	166	35	26	2	2	76
3	Gloucester (SF)	22	14	1	7	528	452	76	58	43	5	4	67
4	Northampton Saints (SF)	22	14	0	8	533	430	103	58	38	6	3	65
5	Bath	22	13	1	8	427	367	60	38	34	5	3	62
6	London Irish	22	11	0	11	523	459	64	47	41	6	4	54
7	Harlequins	22	9	2	11	482	384	98	45	26	4	8	52
8	Exeter Chiefs	22	10	0	12	428	460	-32	32	42	0	5	43
9	London Wasps	22	9	1	12	425	497	-72	36	45	1	4	43
10	Sale Sharks	22	6	1	15	432	618	-186	34	66	1	5	32
11	Newcastle Falcons	22	4	1	17	360	553	-193	27	55	0	5	23
12	Leeds Carnegie (R)	22	4	0	18	315	590	-275	30	62	0	7	23
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background (rows 1 to 4) are play-off places, and received berths in the 2011–12 Heineken Cup. Blue background (rows 5 to 7) are clubs that did not make the play-offs, but received Heineken Cup berths. Harlequins earned an extra Heineken Cup place by winning the Amlin Challenge Cup. As Worcester Warriors won the RFU Championship and met the requirements for promotion, Leeds Carnegie were relegated. Updated 20 May 2011 — Current English Leagues source:Premiership Rugby Notes:

European Challenge Cup

2010–11 European Challenge Cup

Pool 3

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Montpellier (8)	6	5	0	1	10	11	−1	147	101	+46	1	0	21
Exeter Chiefs	6	3	0	3	16	10	+6	154	113	+41	1	3	16
Bourgoin	6	2	0	4	10	12	−2	119	130	−11	2	1	11
Newcastle Falcons	6	2	0	4	7	10	−3	66	142	−76	0	1	9

This Season

English Premiership Table
	Club	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Harlequins	13	11	0	2	320	219	+101	34	19	3	0	47
2	Saracens	13	10	1	2	278	208	+70	21	18	1	1	44
3	Northampton Saints	13	8	0	5	310	204	+106	30	17	2	2	36
4	Leicester Tigers	13	7	1	5	348	317	+31	35	33	3	3	36
5	London Irish	13	6	1	6	306	298	+8	25	24	2	5	33
6	Exeter Chiefs	13	6	0	7	242	252	+10	19	23	1	6	31
7	Sale Sharks	13	6	0	7	285	312	-27	26	29	1	5	30
8	Gloucester Rugby	13	5	1	7	275	254	+21	26	22	1	6	29
9	Worcester Warriors	13	5	1	7	175	220	-45	11	20	0	3	25
10	Bath Rugby	13	5	0	8	235	252	-17	19	16	0	4	24
11	London Wasps	13	4	0	9	202	286	-84	20	21	1	4	21
12	Newcastle Falcons	13	2	1	10	207	361	-154	15	39	0	2	12
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background (rows 1 to 4) are play-off places, and receive berths in the 2012–13 Heineken Cup. Blue background (rows 5 and 6) are clubs that do not make the play-offs, but will receive Heineken Cup berths. Red background (row 12) to be relegated if the champion of the RFU Championship meets the requirements for promotion. Updated 09 October 2011 — Current English Leagues source:Premiership Rugby Notes:

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-IRB nationality.

Player Position Union Simon Alcott Hooker England Neil Clark Hooker England Chris Whitehead Hooker England John Andress Prop Ireland Chris Budgen Prop New Zealand Luke Cowan-Dickie Prop England Lloyd Fairbrother Prop England Craig Mitchell Prop Wales Ben Moon Prop England Ben Rogers Prop England Brett Sturgess Prop England Hoani Tui Prop New Zealand Jon Vickers Prop England Chris Bentley Lock England Will Carrick-Smith Lock England James Hanks Lock England Tommy Hayes (c) Lock Ireland Addison Lockley Lock England Aly Muldowney Lock England Peter Short Lock England Dave Ewers Flanker Zimbabwe Tom Johnson Flanker England James Scaysbrook Flanker England Chad Slade Flanker Samoa Ben White Flanker Australia

Player Position Union Richard Baxter Number 8 England James Phillips Number 8 England Michael Stupple Number 8 England Kevin Barrett Scrum-half England Junior Poluleuligaga Scrum-half Samoa Haydn Thomas Scrum-half England Myles Dorrian Fly-half Australia Ignacio Mieres Fly-half Argentina Henry Slade Fly-half England Gareth Steenson Fly-half Ireland Phil Dollman Centre Wales Sam Hill Centre England Sireli Naqelevuki Centre Fiji Bryan Rennie Centre Scotland Jason Shoemark Centre New Zealand Josh Tatupu Centre Samoa Gonzalo Camacho Wing Argentina Mark Foster Wing England Matt Jess Wing England Nic Sestaret Wing France Charlie Walker-Blair Wing England Luke Arscott Fullback England Jack Nowell Fullback England

Internationally Capped Players

• Gonzalo Camacho
• Ignacio Mieres
• Sireli Naqelevuki
• Junior Poluleuligaga
• Chad Slade
• Craig Mitchell

Transfers 2011/2012

Players In

• Gonzalo Camacho (from Harlequins)
• Myles Dorrian (from Bedford Blues)
• Ben White (from Cardiff Blues)
• Kevin Barrett (from Saracens)
• Peter Short (from Bath)
• John Andress (from Harlequins)
• Josh Tatupu (from Castres)
• Aly Muldowney (from Glasgow Warriors)
• Craig Mitchell (from Ospreys)

Players Out

• Ignacio Elosu
• Jack Andrew (to Plymouth Albion)
• Ryan Davis (to London Wasps)
• Andrew Higgins (to Sale Sharks)
• Drew Locke (to Cornish Pirates)
• Josh Matavesi (to Racing Métro)
• Nemani Nadolo (to Green Rockets)
• David Gannon
• Eoghan Grace (to Connacht)
• Paul McKenzie
• Ruaidhri Murphy (to Easts Tigers)
• Garrick Cowley
• Andy Miller - Retiring

External links

• Exeter Chiefs official site
• The Tribe – Unofficial supporters site
• Exeter on itsrugby.co.uk