New set play for the Chiefs - in the theatre

EXETER Chiefs’ rise through the ranks to be crowned champions of Europe is being made into a stage play.

- WMN REPORTER

Exe Men is the debut play from Emmy award-winning screenwriter Ashley Pharoah, who wrote Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes and Around the World in 80 Days for the BBC.

The play is based on the award winning book Exe Men: The Extraordinary Rise of the Exeter Chiefs by Robert Kitson, The Guardian's rugby union correspondent.

Having spent much of their existence since league rugby began in the lower divisions, the Chiefs were the nearly men for several seasons in the second tier before finally claiming promotion to the Premiership in 2010.

After clinching their first domestic title in 2017, they went one better and won the double of Premiership and European Champions Cup in 2020.