Last-gasp Fisilau try spares Exeter's blushes against lowly Newcastle

03/29/2025 01:20 PM

• Exeter 17-15 Newcastle
• Hosts win to move 10 points clear of bottom side Falcons

Imagine the heightened interest in this fixture had the outcome properly mattered. The Premiership's bottom two sides scrapping for survival, the losers set to face an end-of-season playoff against the ambitious champions of the Championship? Let's just say the flat atmosphere around the stadium would have been instantly enhanced.

The attendance of under 10,000 would also have been boosted, the pre-game media build-up seriously intense. Instead, with only bruised pride at stake, the lack of real jeopardy was impossible to ignore. Unless, that is, you are responsible for unearthing fresh investment to keep Newcastle Falcons in business, in which case the loudly ticking clock currently drowns out all else.