Overview
- Gloucester defeated Exeter 45-24 on Saturday and secured a four-try bonus point by scoring seven tries at Sandy Park.
- New captain Dewi Lake scored two tries and Ben Loader crossed twice as Gloucester’s summer recruits led a dominant attacking display.
- Gloucester’s tactical kicking under new technical leadership created space early on, and a driving maul produced the bonus-point try.
- Will Joseph’s long individual run and Junior Denny’s Premiership debut try added late gloss while Charlie Atkinson kicked well from the tee.
- Exeter, who finished last season as Premiership runners-up, were disrupted by illness and will assess squad availability after a performance their director called “quite poor,” making this result an early warning for the Chiefs.