Exeter Chiefs
12 years to the prem - Part 2
Chiefs
By Moorsman
June 10 2010
Part two moves the story on to season 00/01 to 02/03.
Exeter Chiefs
Twelve years to the Prem
Part 2
Part 2
Tony Rowe commented that it has taken 12 years of trying to get to the Premiership, which set me thinking about how many players had been involved during that time. Of course there are many ex-players from before this time who are still involved with the club but these lists only cover tose who played in each season. With help from Statbunker I have compiled details of those who played in each of those twelve years (ranked on match appearances). There's a link to the Statbunker site for each player just click their name in the lists. Those in bold are part of the 09/10 Championship winning squad, the list of those who played in this is:-
Tom Hayes Richard Baxter Matthew Jess Mark Foster Brett Sturgess
Phil Dollman Gareth Steenson Chad Slade Neil Clark James Hanks
Hayden Thomas James Scayesbrook Chris Budgen Matt Cornwell
Hoani Tui Paul McKenzie Emyr Lewis Chris Bentley Clive Stuart-Smith
Andy Miller Bryan Rennie Simon Alcott Tom, Johnson Sean Marsden Nicolas Sestaret Danny Gray Sean Tomes Ruaidhri Murphy Josh Matavasi Steve J Jones Ben Moon Thomas Bedford Alan Miller Saul Nelson
Sam Blythe Richard Bolt Jamie Fleming Drew Locke Dave Gannon
Phil Dollman Gareth Steenson Chad Slade Neil Clark James Hanks
Hayden Thomas James Scayesbrook Chris Budgen Matt Cornwell
Hoani Tui Paul McKenzie Emyr Lewis Chris Bentley Clive Stuart-Smith
Andy Miller Bryan Rennie Simon Alcott Tom, Johnson Sean Marsden Nicolas Sestaret Danny Gray Sean Tomes Ruaidhri Murphy Josh Matavasi Steve J Jones Ben Moon Thomas Bedford Alan Miller Saul Nelson
Sam Blythe Richard Bolt Jamie Fleming Drew Locke Dave Gannon
It has to be noted that many others played their part in preparing the players to compete so effectively.
Compiling this has brought back many memories for me and I hope it does for you. Here's the next three years, 2000 -2003.
Season 00/01 - 3rd place with 71 points but some distance behind Worcester on 112 and league winners Leeds on 116. Top points scorer John Hill with 131 closely followed by Sam Howard with 125. Most tries 8 by To'o Vaega and Martin Ridley.
Season 01/02 - 3rd place with 92 points behind Worcester 108 and league winners Rotherham on 120. Top scorer Chris Malone with 247, most tries Richard Baxter 16.
Season 02/03 - 3rd place with 104 points behind Worcester 114 and league winners Rotherham on 116. Top scorer Tony Yapp 349, most tries Ed Lewsey 11.
Compiling this has brought back many memories for me and I hope it does for you. Here's the next three years, 2000 -2003.
Season 00/01 - 3rd place with 71 points but some distance behind Worcester on 112 and league winners Leeds on 116. Top points scorer John Hill with 131 closely followed by Sam Howard with 125. Most tries 8 by To'o Vaega and Martin Ridley.
| Played | Won | Draw | Lost | For | Against | Ponts Diff | BP | Points |
| 26 | 14 | 0 | 12 | 677 | 563 | 114 | 15 | 70 |
Season 01/02 - 3rd place with 92 points behind Worcester 108 and league winners Rotherham on 120. Top scorer Chris Malone with 247, most tries Richard Baxter 16.
| Played | Won | Draw | Lost | For | Against | Points Diff | BP | Points |
| 26 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 707 | 448 | 259 | 14 | 92 |
Season 02/03 - 3rd place with 104 points behind Worcester 114 and league winners Rotherham on 116. Top scorer Tony Yapp 349, most tries Ed Lewsey 11.
| Played | Won | Draw | Lost | For | Against | Points Diff | BP | Points |
| 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 940 | 459 | 481 | 20 | 104 |
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Link to Part 1 - 1997 - 2000.
Part 3 - 03 -06 soon.
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Interesting to see the steady improvement made during these three seasons, closing the gap on the leaders from 45 points to 12.
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