Gloucester dent Exeter’s playoff hopes as Llewellyn and Trenholm double up

• Gloucester 34-31 Exeter

• Home side edge 10-try thriller

Almost 12 months ago to the day Exeter shipped 79 points in front of the Shed, precipitating a major coaching reshuffle and a finger-wagging lecture in the dressing room from their chair Tony Rowe. The scale of this eventful defeat was much less but there could yet be a sizeable cost to pay as the end-of-season playoffs loom larger.

The Chiefs have certainly chosen an awkward moment to suffer back-to-back league defeats, leaving them looking over their shoulders with four regular season rounds remaining. On this occasion they could have no complaints whatsover as a revitalised Gloucester secured only their third league win of the campaign with Max Llewellyn and Will Trenholm both collecting a brace of tries.