Slade kicks Exeter to dramatic win over Gloucester

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Henry Slade kicking a penalty for Exeter ChiefsHenry Slade kicked 10 points in Exeter's comeback win
Exeter Chiefs: (12) 25
Tries: Tuima, Jenkins, Townsend; Pens: Slade 2 Cons: Slade 2
Gloucester: (7) 24
Tries: Clement, Thorley, Varney, Atkinson; Cons: Barton 2

Henry Slade earned Exeter Chiefs a dramatic win against Gloucester with the final kick of the game.

Rus Tuima and Dafydd Jenkins tries, either side of Jack Clement's effort for Gloucester, put the hosts 12-7 up at the break.

Ollie Thorley, Louis Rees-Zammit and Seb Atkinson put Gloucester on course for victory into the closing stages.

But Stuart Townsend hit back with a try on his Exeter return before Slade sealed the win with a late penalty.

More to follow.

Exeter Chiefs: Wyatt; Feyi-Waboso, Slade, Hawkins, Hammersley; Skinner, Cairns; Sio, Yeandle, Painter; Tuima, Jenkins (capt), Roots, Vermeulen, Davis.

Replacements: Frost, Abuladze, Iosefa-Scott, Pearson, Vintcent, Townsend, Haydon-Wood, Woodburn.

Sin-bin: Tuima

Gloucester: Carreras; Rees-Zammit, Harris, S Atkinson, Thorley; Barton, Young; Vivas, McGuigan, Balmain; Clarke, Alemanno, Tuisue, Ludlow (capt), Clement.

Replacements: Socino, Elrington, Gotovtsev, Clark, Thomas, Varney, M Atkinson, Hillman-Cooper.

Sin-bin: Clement

Referee: Ian Tempest

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