Chiefs continue winning ways

Exeter Chiefs wrapped up an impressive pre-season programme by making it ‘three from three’ with victory over Dean Ryan’s Worcester Warriors at Sixways.

Having already accrued pre-season wins at Cardiff Blues and Ulster during the past fortnight, the Warriors provided the final opposition for Baxter’s side ahead of their Aviva Premiership opener against London Welsh next Sunday.

However, the Midlanders could not contain the powerful Chiefs who claimed tries through Jack Yeandle (2), Mitch Lees and Thomas Waldroms, as well as conversions from Gareth Steenson (2) and Henry Slade.

In reply, Worcester grabbed two first half penalties from Ignacio Mieres, but it was scant reward on a night when the visitors had simply too much in each department for their rivals.

Ahead of kick-off the Worcester faithful came out to pay homage to one of their most loyal servants – lock Craig Gillies, who accrued 288 appearances for the Midlanders during an 11-year stint at the club -  but it was the Chiefs who suffered an early blow.

Just 80 seconds had elapsed when scrum-half Will Chudley had to be stretchered from the field having taken a knee to the face from Worcester’s summer signing GJ Van Velze.

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