Exeter Chiefs continue where they left off in Champions Cup with rout over Glasgow at Sandy...

[ASFN Admin]

Exeter 42-0 Glasgow These may be uncertain times for the future of rugby union but, if so, there was no evidence on display at Sandy Park on Sunday night. The impending lawsuit which is expected to be filed next week by lawyers representing former players, including England’s World Cup winner Steve Thompson, Michael Lipman and Alix Popham, against World Rugby, the Rugby Football Union and their Welsh counterparts, for severe health issues linked to head injuries, remains the elephant in the room for the professional game. But here it was business as usual for Rob Baxter’s side, who opened their defence of their Heineken Champions Cup crown – just 57 days since becoming champions of Europe – in an imperious and reassuring familiar fashion, to the delight of the 2,000 supporters, back at Sandy Park for the first time since March. The battle for the future of the game may only be just beginning, but, in the meantime, the Chiefs march on. Baxter’s side have not missed a step in the new season despite a short turn-around. Exeter have already started the defence of their Premiership title with three successive bonus-point victories and here, despite the winter gloom, they made light work of the challenge of a Glasgow side featuring half a dozen Scotland internationals. Exeter scored six tries, four coming in an utterly dominant second half, and at the end the Chiefs supporters stood to applaud their players in recognition of what has been a remarkable year for the club, despite everything else, saluting their Premiership and European double of last season.

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