Review: Saints V Chiefs: Saints Lose Under the Friday Night Lights

 Saints lose to Exeter Chiefs for second time in a row to them. A frustrating way to end Saints proud winning record in the premiership. 

Friday night ended the impressive home winning streak since March 2014 where they played Leicester Tigers at home. 

Saints simply lost the game due to kicking possession away too easily and handing the win to the Chiefs. 

The first half was a rugby version of Table Tennis, kicking back and forth. Saints did not realise that to win - they needed to believe in their pace and run into the Chiefs mediocre defencive wall. However, Chiefs scoring in the first two minutes, crushed Saints' confidence to power through. 

An easy try by Cowan-Dickie put Chiefs ahead before Myler put over two penalties which narrowed the gap to just a point. Tom Waldrom went over twice while Gareth Steenson took his tally to six points which led the Chiefs to 21 -6 at half time. 

Saints were physcologically destroyed by Chiefs which did not help the referee missed vital decisions, including blocking. Exeter had a try disallowed but from the resulting five-meter scrum, Waldrom powered over for his second try and Steensonn's third successful kick from three gave Chiefs a fifteen-point advantage at the lead. 

Steenspn scored the first points of the second half with a penalty before James Wilson's inside offload set free, fast Stephenson to go over and give Saints fans hope. 

Elliott finally wriggled over in the left corner after great work from Stephenson while at the end Steenson missed a vital drop goal. 

 Although, Saints did hit back with scores by Stephenson and Elliott but the Chiefs hung on for their thrilling win.

Friday night was certainly a night to forget but onwards and upwards to next weeks game: Saracens away.