Exeter finally find first win despite Christian Wade’s hat-trick for Newcastle
Prem Rugby: Exeter 34-28 Newcastle Wade becomes second player to score 100 top-tier tries Amid the current gushing torrent of Prem tries here was a reminder that winning still trumps all else.
Exeter finally have their first relieving victory of the campaign but there were times when it seemed Newcastle might conceivably secure a first away league success in almost four years.
In the event the Red Bulls fell just short despite Christian Wade running in a hat-trick to become only the second player ever to score 100 top-tier tries.
Exeter will be suitably relieved to have edged a curate’s egg of a contest, ultimately made safe by a late try from their Georgian prop Bachuki Tchumbadze.
The Chiefs’ Italian international back-rower Ross Vintcent also contributed two first-quarter tries to steal some of the prolific Wade’s thunder.
The 35-year-old retains a poacher’s instinct and is now closing in fast – in every sense – on Chris Ashton’s all-time Prem career haul of 101.
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