Sore one for my Warriors
Injuries and self-inflicted blows rock Rennie
Dave Rennie watched his Glasgow side suffer disaster in Devon and admitted they fell asleep at half-time.
Warriors had been on course to pull off a shock after opening up an interval lead.
But they were rocked by a catalogue of Champions Cup disasters – and there was no way back for the Scots.
The defeat was painful in more than one way as wingers Dan van der Merwe and Ratu Tagive were taken off injured.
Now Glasgow must beat French aces La Rochelle home and away to salvage their hopes of reaching the knock- out stages as pool winners.
Boss Rennie said: “We weren’t awake at the restart. We didn’t clear up after their kick off and handed them the initiative.
“You can’t let a side like Exeter get up a head of steam like that. It was disappointing after a promising early display.”
Glasgow had made a stirring start with Sam Johnson and George Horne combining to set up a great attacking platform.
They kept up the momentum and spurned a three- point penalty chance to opt for a line out – only for the home team to steal a turnover.
There were jeers from the visiting fans when ex-Glasgow hero Stuart Hogg launched a forward pass under pressure.
Seconds later ,Warriors created a try down the middle, Nick Grigg shaking haking off three challenges to skid over and give Adam m Hastings a conversion. .
Exeter hit back thanks to a 45-metre penalty from Joe Simmonds.
The Chiefs cashed in on Glasgow’s impatience as Jonny Hill barrel led over from close range following a penalty – and Simmonds added the extras.
Warriors responded with a Hastings penalty on the half hour then repeated the feat with the last kick of the half to move three points ahead.
Exeter made a stunning start to the second half, snatching a touchdown in two minutes as Henry Slade danced past three markers to set up a conversion for Simmonds.
Tom O’Flaherty then won a kick-chase race with Hastings to notch the bonus point try.
Simmonds turned both into maximums before George Turner claimed a late consolation try.
The double injury blow added ad to Rennie’s agony and an he said: “We will know the th ful l extent of the damage da early next week.”