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Exeter 21-15 BathExeter win second half 14-3 playing into strong windWhen a flagpole-bending gale blows in off the Exe estuary rugby becomes a different game. This always felt like a ‘10-point wind’ in terms of the first-half advantage Exeter should have enjoyed so when the hosts turned around 12-7 behind their fate seemed sealed. So much for that theory as the Chiefs staged a stirring comeback to reach the last eight of this fluctuating Champions Cup season.Bath will be kicking themselves, having been outscored 14-3 with the elements at their back. Having appeared in total control their composure increasingly deserted them as Exeter’s self-belief grew. If it did not help the visitors that their star fly-half Finn Russell suffered an early ankle injury, this was a game the team in red really should have closed out. Continue reading...