By BRENDAN GALLAGHER

EXETER Chiefs, not for the first time, struggled a little at Kingston Park but in the end ground out a valuable road victory against obdurate opponents to maintain their winning start to the season.
Rob Baxter’s team have won all their four games, but on this occasion they lacked much of the fluency that normally serves them so well and were denied a try bonus by Newcastle who also deservedly picked up a losing bonus.
Sniffing the wind and sensing a tight contest, Exeter did what needed doing with Sam Simmonds, not included in the England squad earlier in the we...