Leaders Bath survive Exeter onslaught to go clear at Premiership summit

Exeter 24-26 BathWing Brown-Bampoe inspires Chiefs to give Bath scareThe perils of going too early. We should know by now that no game in this competition is ever dead until it is dead, so common is the comeback these days. But when Bath, league leaders, had the bonus point by the half-hour mark – and a 26-10 lead to go with it – we did assume they were home and hosed.All the more so, given Exeter’s low levels of confidence, not to mention their low position in the table, with