The six best teams in the Aviva Premiership academy league met at Allianz Park on Monday for Finals Day, to decide the teams’ final positions for the 2015/16 season.
Sale held off a comeback in the second half by Exeter to claim a 23-17 win at the AJ Bell Stadium and boost their own hopes of reaching the top four of the Aviva Premiership.
Saracens extended their lead to five points at the top of the Aviva Premiership on Sunday with a hard-fought 14-11 win over second-placed Exeter at Sandy Park.
For the second consecutive week, Thomas Waldrom and James Short produced outstanding performances as the Exeter Chiefs moved to just two points behind Aviva Premiership leaders Saracens with a 30-15 victory over Worcester Warriors.
Exeter pushed Bordeaux-Begles close in France but a 34-27 defeat has left the Chiefs with a mountain to climb to progress in the European Champions Cup.
Super League Grand-Final winner Josh Jones is to cut short his stay in rugby union for family reasons and return to the 13-man code having been released by Exeter.
Exeter Chiefs boosted their Aviva Premiership title challenge by taking their unbeaten home run past the one-year mark with a 19-10 victory over Gloucester.
Mike Haywood scored the only try of the game as Northampton revived their top-four push by beating Exeter 8-3 in front of a record crowd of 15,430 at Franklin's Gardens.
Canadian captain Cudmore gathers interest, French number 9 looks to the Aviva Premieship, Italian Rugby Federation talks to the Harlequin, O'Shea and Lozowski moving from Wasps?
Exeter Chiefs were made to pay for last Saturday's bonus-point win over Clermont Auvegne in the European Champions Cup, losing 42-10 to the French giants in Sunday’s reverse fixture.