Exeter’s Cowan-Dickie scores hat-trick in win over Harlequins

Luke Cowan-Dickie scored a hat-trick of tries to help Exeter Chiefs to a 36-25 Aviva Premiership victory over Harlequins at Sandy Park.

Cowan-Dickie went over three times for the Chiefs while Australian winger Lachie Turner crossed twice.

The victory is last season’s Premiership finalists first win of the new season.

Final Score Exeter Chiefs (29) 36 Harlequins (13) 25

Scorers

Exeter Chiefs
Tries – Turner 2, Cowan-Dickie 3
Pen – Steenson
Con – Steenson 4
Drop –
Red card: Francis (71).

Harlequins
Tries – Buchanan, Walker, Care
Pen – Swiel 2
Con – Swiel 2
Drop –

Match Officials
Referee: Matthew Carley.

Teams

Exeter: Turner; Woodburn, Devoto, Slade, Whitten; Steenson (capt), Chudley; Moon, Cowan-Dickie, Holmes, Welch, Parling, Armand, Salvi, Waldrom.

Replacements: Yeandle, Hepburn, Francis, Atkins, Dennis, Lewis, Hill, Short.

Harlequins: Brown; Yarde, Marchant, Stanley, Walker; Swiel, Care (capt); Marler, Buchanan, Sinckler, Twomey, Horwill, Robshaw, Wallace, Clifford.

Replacements: Ward, Lambert, Collier, Merrick, J Chisholm, Dickson, Lang, Alofa.