Saints beat Exeter to earn first win of season

Gallagher Premiership

Northampton (13) 30

Tries: Coles, Munga, Hutchinson Pens: Smith 2 Cons: Smith 3 DG: Smith

Exeter (7) 24

Tries: Woodburn, Feyi-Waboso 2 Pens: Hodge Cons: Hodge 3

Reigning champions Northampton Saints put their opening-day defeat behind them with a deserved win over Exeter Chiefs at Franklin's Gardens.

Tries from Alex Coles, Chunya Munga, Rory Hutchinson and six kicks from Fin Smith secured the hosts the win.

Olly Woodburn's first-half try and two late on from Immanuel Feyi-Waboso earned a point for the Chiefs, who have started the Premiership season with back-to-back defeats.

Saints' first win of the campaign saw them leapfrog the visitors to seventh in the table, while Exeter dropped one spot to ninth.

More to follow.

Northampton: Furbank (capt); Ramm, Dingwall, Hutchinson, Freeman; F Smith, James; Iyogun, Langdon, Davison, Munga, Coles, Kemeny, Pearson, Augustus.

Replacements: R Smith, West, Green, Scott-Young, Graham, McParland, Thame, Sleightholme.

Exeter: Hodge; Feyi-Waboso, Woodburn, Hawkins, Brown-Bampoe; Skinner, Maunder; Sio (capt), Frost, Painter, Tuima, Tshiunza, Roots, Capstick, Vintcent.

Replacements: Yeandle, Goodrick-Clarke, Street, Dunne, Moloney, Cairns, Haydon-Wood, Rigg.

Referee: Adam Leal