Leaders of Top 14? Chiefs just blow them clean away

By MIKE SINCLAIR

Hard yards: Exeter try-scorer Don Armand trucks it up
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In the thick of it: Sam Simmonds forces his way over for Exeter’s second try

ENGLISH champions Exeter destroyed bigspending Top 14 leaders Montpellier with five tries in a devastating 19-minute second-half salvo to keep their European hopes very much alive.
Back-to-back defeats by Leinster had put Exeter’s chances of qualifying for the knockout stages in serious jeopardy but director of rugby Rob Baxter said: “We have given ourselves a fantastic opportunity.”
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