Top 14 champions Castres hit back from 14-0 down inside the opening 15 minutes to edge past Exeter 29-25 in the Heineken Champions Cup, despite playing with 14 men for 44 minutes. He squirmed through a lineout maul from Exeter's third penalty kick to touch in quick succession to score unopposed and hand the Chiefs a 14-0 lead after 14 minutes. Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter. Le Bourhis and Steenson exchanged furthered penalties as the game headed into the final 20 minutes with four points separating the sides. Exeter elected to kick a penalty to touch with just over two minutes left to give themselves one last shot at victory.

Source: Evening echo October 20, 2018 15:45 UTC