Exeter beat Gloucester to maintain play-off hopes

Gloucester: (10) 17

Tries: May, Clement, Clark Con: Atkinson

Exeter: (24) 38

Tries: Vermeulen 2, John, Woodburn, Feyi-Waboso Pen: Slade Cons: Slade 5

Exeter kept themselves in contention for the Premiership play-offs with a bonus point 38-17 win over Gloucester to close the gap to the top four.

Jacques Vermeulen, Dan John and Olly Woodburn scored in a dominant first half from Exeter, as Jonny May and Jack Clement replied for Gloucester.

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso added the crucial bonus-point try and while Arthur Clark replied during a spell on top for Gloucester and Vermeulen got a second to take the game away from the hosts.

Exeter stay seventh but closed the gap to fourth-placed Bristol to four points, with two games left to play.

More to follow.

Gloucester: Morris, May, Harris, Llewellyn, Thorley, Atkinson, Varney; Ford-Robinson, Blake, Gotovtsev, Clarke, Clark, Ackermann, Clement, Mercer (c)

Replacements: Socino, Vivas, Knight, Thomas, Ludlow, Chapman, Englefield, Hillman-Cooper

Exeter: John, Feyi-Waboso, Slade, Hawkins, Woodburn, Skinner, Cairns; Sio, Yeandle, Street, Dunne, Jenkins (c), Roots, Vermeulen, Fisilau.

Replacements: Norey, Southworth, Painter, Tshiunza, Vintcent, Armstrong, Haydon-Wood, Wimbush

Referee: Christophe Ridley