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Gerard Meagher at Sandy Park

Exeter into Champions Cup knockout stages after Wimbush thwarts Glasgow

Exeter’s Zack Wimbush prepares to touch down against Glasgow
Exeter’s Zack Wimbush prepares to touch down against Glasgow. Photograph: Geoff Caddick/Shutterstock

Steve Borthwick may have his eye on a number of Exeter youngsters for his Six Nations squad but it was Henry Slade who proved the pick of the England hopefuls in a scrappy, controversial victory.

The Chiefs are through to knockout stages of the Champions Cup with a round to spare after Slade’s nerveless late conversion of Zack Wimbush’s try and the decision of the referee, Pierre Brousset, to disallow Euan Ferrie’s try for Glasgow.

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