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The Guardian // Sport

Inside the Exeter meltdown: Rowe’s revival plan not for the faint-hearted

Wednesday 7th May 2025, 12:00PM

A 79-17 defeat for the 2020 champions set the alarm bells ringing and the ‘embarrassed’ chairman is pulling no punchesHow swiftly the sporting wheel can turn. Less than five years ago Exeter were the Double-winning darlings of English club rugby, their fairytale rise ranking alongside Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest, Sir Alex Ferguson’s Aberdeen and Wimbledon’s Crazy Gang as the most romantic success stories in British team sport.And now? Second bottom of the Premiership table, 79 points conceded at Gloucester last time out, coaches being summarily jettisoned, the chairman storming into the dressing room. The one thing everyone in Devon can agree on is that the season’s end cannot come quickly enough. Continue reading...

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