Try-scoring 101 from Chris Ashton. English rugby’s most prolific finisher cemented his status as the Premiership’s greatest try-scorer by becoming the first player in the history of the competition to reach 100 tries, running in a hat-trick in Leicester’s dominant win against Exeter.
Ashton, who announced last week that he will retire at the end of the season, began the match on 98 but the 36-year-old gave another lesson in the art of poaching, racing to three figures before adding his third on the day and his 101st in total.
