There won’t be an asterisk next to this superb team

BRENDAN GALLAGHER
VERDICT

Fired up: Jack Willis is mobbed by his Wasps teammates after thwarting an Exeter attack with a turnover

Playing through pain: Jack Nowell defied a ruptured toe to play
PICTURES: Getty Images

It was the season that would never end we thought and the final nobody really expected to witness – but Exeter duly claimed a wonderful European and Premiership double at a sodden Twickenham where the rain, torrential rain, bounced off the empty seats.
Back home, however, we were all cheering both sides because Wasps could easily have nicked this one and produced ...

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