Aviva Premiership: Exeter back on track with a 46-17 win over Newcastle
Last Updated: 14/02/15 9:37pm
Exeter got back to winning ways in the Aviva Premiership with a 46-17 victory over Newcastle at Sandy Park on Saturday.
The Chiefs, coming off the back of four losses in the competition, had all but wrapped up the result by the end of the first half.
They led 32-3 at the interval, having already secured a bonus point after tries from Jack Nowell, Henry Slade, Thomas Waldrom and a penalty try.
Slade also added three conversions and two penalties in the first half, but the Falcons lacked pace and rarely broke out of their own half during this spell and their only points came through a Tom Catterick penalty.
The Falcons started to play some running rugby at the start of the second half but it was 16 minutes before the scoreboard was troubled with replacement scrum half Ruki Tipuna's try converted by Catterick.
But the Chiefs, who host the Falcons in the quarter-final of the European Challenge Cup on Easter Saturday, came back with tries from Phil Dollman, converted by Slade, and replacement scrum-half Haydn Thomas, converted by Gareth Steenson.
The Falcons crossed for a late try through flanker Will Welch and a Catterick conversion, but they never really looked like catching the Chiefs to record their first-ever win at Sandy Park in five competitive rugby attempts.
