- Exeter 31-22 Saracens
- Saracens finish with 14 men after Wilson red card
The Premiership is about to go into hibernation for two months and Exeter badly needed a mood-enhancing win before the Six Nations pushes the club game into the background. They duly claimed a relieving victory against weakened opponents but only after a last-quarter surge from 15-10 down in a previously nervy, scrappy contest.
The final scoreboard will show a healthy bonus-point success clinched by two tries inside three minutes from Tommy Wyatt and Ethan Roots but, until that rat-a-tat late burst the outcome was in real doubt courtesy of two tries by the visitors’ speedy right wing Tobias Elliott.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jan/25/exeter-saracens-premiership-match-report-rugby-union
Author : Robert Kitson at Sandy Park
Publish date : 2025-01-25 19:41:27
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