Overview
- Exeter finished third in Pool Three after tries from Bachuki Tchumbadze (2), Joseph Dweba, Julian Heaven and Paul Brown-Bampoe, with Henry Slade adding three conversions.
- The hosts led 19-0 at half-time following Tchumbadze’s brace and Dweba’s score.
- Tchumbadze’s second try was awarded after a review by TMO Marius Jonker, and a later Cardiff effort was ruled out for a knock-on in the build-up.
- Cardiff fielded a heavily rotated side reported as 10 changes, and struggled to match Exeter’s physicality.
- Back-rower Ethan Roots was highlighted for his impact as both teams, already qualified, used the match to lock in knockout seeding.