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Harlequins 3-33 Exeter
Simmonds scores three tries in skilful display

If double champions are there to be shot at, no one told Harlequins. No one told Exeter. It feels as if there has been no off-season at all, so familiar and complete was this latest Chiefs victory – and of course there barely has been.
More familiarities. Sam Simmonds can still perform more or less every skill required of a rugby player, whatever the position. Another masterclass, another nod to Eddie Jones. Simmonds came away with a hat-trick of tries, from far out and from close range – it’s all the same to him. Continue reading...