By NEALE HARVEY
EXETER star Sam Simmonds has launched an emotional plea to get lower league rugby back up and running in order to safeguard the future of clubs like Teignmouth.
Along with fly-half brother Joe, No.8 Simmonds came through the mini and junior ranks of the local Western Counties League outfit before breaking into the big time. Unlike Exeter, though, the doors of Teignmouth’s homely Bitton Park ground remain locked in the wake of Covid-19, threatening their future and the existence of hundreds of other Championship, National League and amateur clubs
up and down the country...