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.
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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.
Although the woeful British weather did its best to stop play our Aviva Premiership sides, and fans, pushed on regardless and Round 5 actually delivered some cracking matches.
Dan Biggar led Ospreys to a 25-13 win over Exeter at the Liberty Stadium as the Chiefs became the first English side to register a defeat in this season's European Champions Cup.
Exeter coach Rob Baxter believes his side can look forward to the coming weeks with optimism after beating fellow title contenders Leicester 19-6 at Sandy Park on Saturday.
Exeter moved into second place in the Aviva Premiership table as Gavin Steenson scored all their points in a 19-6 victory over Leicester at Sandy Park.
Exeter took maximum points in their opening home Aviva Premiership game of the season as they defeated London Irish 38-11 to move up to second in the table.
Tomas Francis is set to be involved in a World Cup quarter-final on Saturday - so it comes as little surprise that he has no regrets about his chosen Test career path.