Prince Harry was given a local tipple when he went to a World Cup match in Exeter, Devon. The prince was the VIP guest at the Namibia v Georgia match at Exeter Chief’s Sandy Park ground. But the local council wanted to make sure the fun loving Royal enjoyed his time in Devon. So they asked the Exeter Brewery to give him with a pack of locally brewed Avocet beer. Director Alan Collyer said: ”The council contacted us and asked if we would mind donating some beer to present to a VIP. “They didn’t tell us who it was but then it was obvious it was Prince Harry was the VIP guest. ”We work with...
Over the last few weeks ‘Rugby fever’ has hit the nation with everyone getting ready for what was set to be a nail biting Tournament.
Exeter has been extremely honoured to host three fantastic matches at Sandy Park, the Fanzone has seen thousands of people gathering to enjoy an electric atmosphere and a great feel good factor has been brought to the city. With England out of Rugby World Cup 2015, the Tournament is far from over.
Exeter’s Fanzone is still open for six days, with live coverage of the quarter finals, semi finals and final as well as a jam-packed Entertainment...
Exeter was wowed by a parade of colour, rugby, music and creativity this past weekend.
Huge crowds gathered for The Exeter Five Nations Parade. A parade that snaked through the city from Cathedral Green to the Fanzone on Saturday 10 October to celebrate the Rugby World Cup 2015 and the culture of the nations based in the host city of Exeter.
The parade was awash with eye-popping amazing costumes, bears, Vespa’s, magical musicians and giant pizzas hats. Not to mention a giant revolving turtle dove.
Walk the Plank, the creative producers of the parade and world...
Although the Rugby World Cup won’t always be on, and it won’t always be hosted in England, meaning there won’t always be an Exeter fan zone, watching a game from the fan zone was a great way to start getting involved in the city.
I chose to head down for the Ireland Vs France game – primarily because my boyfriend is from Belfast and he was dying to go, but also because it was set to be a good game. More importantly, the weather was perfect. One of those crisp autumn days that’s cold enough to feel a hint of Christmas but it was still comfortable.
Exeter Chiefs duo Jack Nowell and Henry Slade were both on the scoresheet as England concluded their World Cup with a comprehensive 60-3 rout of Uruguay in Manchester.
Winger Nowell crossed three times for Stuart Lancaster’s side, as did No.8 Nick Easter, while Anthony Watson plundered two and there was also a debut score for Slade and a penalty try.
With Lancaster opting to field four fly-halves in his back division, it was Slade, the Exeter centre who used his second cap to produce a performance – albeit against outclassed opponents – that begged the question why this was...
Exeter Chiefs newcomer Michele Campagnaro will get his first taste of rugby action at Sandy Park when he lines up for Italy in their final Pool D match of this year’s Rugby World Cup against Romania at Sandy Park tomorrow (2:30pm).
Head coach Jacques Brunel has made just two changes to the starting line-up that lost 16-9 to Ireland last Sunday.
After making his comeback from injury in the Ireland match, captain Sergio Parisse drops out of the match-day 23, and is replaced in the back row by Alessandro Zanni.
In the absence of 114-test Parisse, the starting line-up...
Soak up the atmosphere of the Rugby World Cup tournament at the Exeter Fanzone, which is open again this weekend (10 and 11 October).
As well as the live match screenings - including Italy v Romania from Sandy Park on Sunday - there will plenty more going on to entertain the whole family.
Entry to the Fanzone is free, and the programme for the weekend is as follows:
Saturday 10 October
Noon: Fanzone open to the public
12.10 pm: Fabian's Film: 'Where the Children Play'
The spectacular Exeter Rugby Five Nations Parade will make its way through Exeter city centre tomorrow (Saturday 10 October).
The Parade will assemble on Cathedral Green, before leaving at 1.15pm to process along the High Street to the Fanzone in Northernhay Gardens.
A choreographed finale moment will take place in the Fanzone before the start of the Samoa v Scotland match at 2.30pm.
The parade is themed on the cultural traditions of the five nations visiting Exeter for the Rugby World Cup: Italy, Tonga, Namibia, Georgia and Romania.
Rugby World Cup 2015 continues to grip the nation with over half a million local and international fans enjoying the Official Fanzones up and down the country to watch live matches and enjoy the excitement of the Tournament.
This is in addition to over one million fans who have already enjoyed the action in venues to date, a figure which is set to double with 2.41 million tickets now sold across the 48 matches.
Rugby World Cup 2015 is on track to be the biggest Rugby World Cup to date, with total match attendance figures surpassing one million, helped by three record-...
