Premiership: Exeter Chiefs 19-13 Bristol Bears - Late Stuart Hogg try seals win
A record Sandy Park horde of 14,100 saw Exeter Chiefs edge West Country rivals Bristol Bears in the Premiership.
Tom O'Flaherty's great early attempt put Exeter ahead and Jonny Hill scored from short proximity before the break as the Chiefs had 3/4 of first-half belonging and region.
Henry Purdy's block attempt set up a strained last 10 minutes following a rough final part covered with blunders.
Stuart Hogg's attempt with five minutes to go fixed the success later colossal tension.
Callum Sheedy's late punishment procured a losing reward point for Bristol as Exeter's triumph - their first over the Bears at home in quite a while - lifted them up to fifth in the Premiership while Bristol stay in twelfth spot.
Exeter's first attempt of 2022 may end up being one of their best throughout the year. Fine passes from Jack Maunder and Joe Simmonds observed Jack Nowell, whose impeccably weighted grubber kick was gotten by Hogg and the Scotland captain took care of winger O'Flaherty who jumped over in the left corner.
Sheedy's nineteenth moment punishment got the Bears on the board, yet the guests were fortunate not to be a second attempt behind before long when Hogg - who was the remarkable player the entire evening - took on five meters out subsequent to chipping the ball over the safeguard.
Bristol experienced a blow when star full-back Charles Piutau limped off and it deteriorated when Hill crashed over after 12 stages as the Chiefs controlled the main half.
The guests began the final part splendidly as Piutau's substitution Purdy looked hazardous, however they neglected to turn a decent time of strain on the Exeter line into focuses inside the initial 10 minutes.
The two sides started to accept chances as the half wore on, prompting an engaging, assuming rough scene as players battled to keep hold of the ball.
It was an error that saw the Bears get once more into it as Joe Simmonds' pass to Dave Ewers was taken out by Purdy who went in under the posts from midway.
In any case, the Chiefs reacted inside five minutes as a large number of stages on the Bristol line finished when Hogg - who this week reaffirmed his obligation to the club in the wake of being connected with a move away - went in from short proximity later a circling Simmonds pass.
Exeter lead trainer Ali Hepher told BBC Radio Devon:
"I'm satisfied with the manner in which we assaulted in the main half, we were forceful with the ball close by, conveyed all around well and set out a ton of open doors.
"We didn't exactly take as numerous as we needed, yet that is the thing that we need to do, begin to wear sides out, set out those open doors and polish them off, and assuming we might have polished oddball toward the finish of the principal half or early piece of the last part, we may have a smidgen more loose with regards to it.
"What we did was we got somewhat restless and somewhat stressed in light of the fact that we likely botched a couple of chances and didn't exactly see it off.
"Be that as it may, great person however to return, when we offered a block, we got straight back on the assault, we got forceful, got to the line and got the significant score to dominate the match."
Bristol overseer of rugby Pat Lam told BBC Radio Bristol:
"The young men buckled down in that game in the feeling of returning in light of the fact that the primary half, we just had around 30% belonging and domain.
"We were unable to shoot a shot and that was a direct result of the punishments we were parting with, senseless things permitting them out their half.
"In any case, enormous person from the young men, and at 12-10 we truly had a chance, however we parted with a senseless punishment and permitted then to complete their game.
"It was a decent exertion, yet baffling."
Exeter: Hogg; Nowell, Slade, Devoto, O'Flaherty; J Simmonds, Maunder; Hepburn, Cowan-Dickie (capt), Nixon, S Skinner, Hill, Ewers, Kirsten, S Simmonds.
Substitutions: Yeandle, Moon, Iosefa-Scott, Lonsdale, Armand, Maunder, H Skinner, Whitten.
Bristol: Piutau; Morahan, Radradra, Bedlow, Lloyd; Sheedy, Randall; Y Thomas, Thacker, Sinckler, Joyce (capt), Vui, Harding, D Thomas, Hughes.
Substitutions: Capon, Woolmore, Afoa, Hawkins, Eadie, Uren, O'Conor, Purdy.
Official: Luke Pearce (RFU).
