Exeter’s Patrick Schickerling scores last-gasp try to snatch win from Leicester
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A new era begins at Exeter. With the clock in the red and the crowd roaring the home side on, the replacement prop Patrick Schickerling crashed over the try-line to snatch a dramatic opening victory for the Chiefs against the champions Leicester.
Things have changed at Sandy Park; the Native American branding, from the club badge to the stadium bars, is gone, while the director of rugby, Rob Baxter, has stepped back to allow the head coach, Ali Hepher, to lead on match days. It looked for much of the second half, of a kick-filled contest, that the Chiefs had squandered an early winning position. Hepher had said they went “deep and dark” in pre-season and overhauling Steve Borthwick’s side, despite losing Alec Hepburn to a late yellow card, demonstrates their efforts were not wasted.
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