Chiefs cruise past Wasps

PREMIERSHIP REPORT: Exeter Chiefs carried their European form into Premiership action as they ran in five scores for a bonus-point triumph over Wasps.

Ben Moon set the tone early on, before Luke Cowan-Dickie, Tom O'Flaherty, Alec Hepburn and a penalty try buffed their advantage for what ultimately proved a comfortable win.

Moon opened the scoring inside five minutes when he went over from short range after the Chiefs had put the pressure on with a line-out deep in Wasps territory.

Jacob Umaga got the visitors on the board from the tee, before Gareth Steenson responded in-kind for Exeter.

A close-run game until half-time, it took until the 53rd minute for a change on the scoreboard, Cowan-Dickie benefitting from a big driving maul to touch down.

The Chiefs had their third minutes later, a penalty try awarded for repeated collapsed scrums, before the bonus point was wrapped up with 15 minutes to play when O'Flaherty danced through the Wasps defence for a brilliant individual score, Hepburn grabbing the fifth late on.

The scorers

For Exeter Chiefs: Moon, Cowan-Dickie, O'Flaherty, Hepburn, Penalty try

Cons: Steenson 4, penalty try does not require a conversion

Pen: Steenson

For Wasps:

Pen: Umaga

Yellow card: Kieran Brookes (Wasps, 58)

Teams:

Exeter Chiefs: 15 Phil Dollman, 14 Jack Nowell, 13 Ian Whitten, 12 Sam Hill, 11 Tom O’Flaherty, 10 Gareth Steenson, 9 Nic White, 8 Matt Kvesic, 7 Don Armand, 6 Dave Ewers, 5 Jannes Kirsten, 4 Dave Dennis (captain), 3 Harry Williams, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Ben Moon.

Replacements: 16 Elvis Taione, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Marcus Street, 19 Sean Lonsdale, 20 Sam Simmonds, 21 Jack Maunder, 22 Joe Simmonds, 23 Tom Hendrickson

Wasps: 15 Matteo Minozzi, 14 Zach Kibirige, 13 Michael Le Bourgeois, 12 Jimmy Gopperth, 11 Marcus Watson, 10 Jacob Umaga, 9 Dan Robson (Captain), 8 Tom Willis, 7 Nizaam Carr, 6 Jack Willis, 5 Will Rowlands, 4 Charlie Matthews, 3 Kieran Brookes, 2 Tom Cruse, 1 Zurabi Zhvania

Replacements: 16 Tommy Taylor, 17 Ben Harris, 18 Jack Owlett, 19 Tim Cardall, 20 Ashley Johnson, 21 Will Porter, 22 Lima Sopoaga, 23 Sam Spink

Referee: Ian Tempest

Assistant Referees: Simon McConnell & John Meredith

TMO: Geoff Warren.

Source: @premrugby