Black Knight’s Foley: We will do an AFC Bournemouth at Exeter Chiefs

AFC Bournemouth owner Bill Foley has said he will replicate the Premier League club’s playbook at newly acquired Prem Rugby team Exeter Chiefs. Foley’s Black Knight consortium – which features Oscar winner Michael B Jordan – purchased Exeter Chiefs over the summer amid a flurry of inward investment into the English top flight rugby competition. And he has said he would seek to replicate the success he has had at Bournemouth – who have reached Europa League for the first time despite having a stadium smaller than Foley’s newly acquired club – in Devon. “We ve acquired controlling interest in Exeter,” the American told Talksport. “We took advantage of that situation in that it is close to Bournemouth, it’s drivable, it is the second or third biggest sport in the UK so it has got a wellspring of supporters and we believe we can do something similar to Exeter that we ve done at Bournemouth. “We can help the business side bring a little more sophistication, bring in a few people