Premiership Rugby: Exeter Chiefs 35-12 Northampton Saints - Cowan-Dickie grabs brace in bonus win
Exeter rediscovered some of their old sparkle as they ran in five tries to beat Northampton 35-12 at Sandy Park.
The bonus-point victory - Exeter's sixth in 12 league games - lifts them from eighth to fifth place in the table as Saints drop to sixth.Exeter are a point off third-placed Harlequins and fourth-placed Gloucester, with Northampton one point further back as only 10 points separate bottom side Bristol from the top three.
Steve Borthwick was making his first visit to a game at Sandy Park since being appointed as England head coach Saints gave themselves a glimmer of hope when Dingwall scored in the left corner four minutes later. Alex Mitchell's long pass set the centre free after Northampton had drawn Exeter's defence under the posts from their first period of pressure on the Chiefs line.
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