Exeter finally get first Premiership win with nervy Gloucester triumph
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Exeter 22-15 Gloucester: The Chiefs won at the ninth time of asking this season to climb off the bottom of the table. Exeter claimed a first Gallagher Premiership victory of the season at the ninth attempt as they edged out west-country rivals Gloucester 22-15.
![[Exeter could celebrate a much-needed win over Gloucester]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/29/17/SEI234484179.jpg)
The Chiefs had not won a Premiership game since May, but they climbed off the basement above Newcastle after a predictably nervy encounter at Sandy Park. Prop Josh Iosefa-Scott’s try six minutes from time secured the points following a strong Gloucester second-half fightback.
![[Dan Frost scored Exeter’s first try of the day]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/29/17/SEI234472172.jpg)
Exeter led at the break following dot-downs for hooker Dan Frost and centre Tamati Tua, with Henry Slade converting both scores, as Gloucester were reduced to a solitary Santi Carreras penalty. But tries in quick succession after the interval for fly-half Gareth Anscombe and replacement prop Jamal Ford-Robinson, one converted by Carreras, put them ahead.
![[It was a hard-fought win for Chiefs]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/29/17/SEI234484149.jpg)
Carreras, though, also missed a conversion and penalty, and Exeter closed the game out via a Slade penalty and Iosefa-Scott’s try. Exeter, 18 points and four places below Gloucester before kick-off, took a second-minute lead thanks to a gift from their opponents.
Gloucester made a hash of a lineout inside their own 22 through wayward throwing and poor execution, with Frost pouncing for the touchdown and Slade converting. Slade then drifted a long-range penalty attempt wide before Gloucester opened their account when Carreras comfortably found the target from 35 metres out.
