EXETER CHIEFS survived playing much of the second half with only 14 players to defeat Bristol for their fourth win of the season.
Exeter scrum-half Patricia Garcia was dismissed after half-time for sending wing Jasmine Joyce over the horizontal line with an uncontrolled tackle.
Joyce’s hat-trick looked to have given Bristol the win but Garnet Mackinder finished a sweeping move in the corner for Exeter, managing to ground the ball with her fingertips to hand Chiefs a derby day victory.
Chiefs applied early pressure when lock McKinley Hunt broke through the middle into the 22 and offloaded to ...