By ROGER PANTING
Exeter ................24pts
Tries: Penalty 19, Kata 38, Schickerling 80
Conversions: Simmonds 38, 80
Penalties: Simmonds 3
Leicester ..........20pts
Tries: Liebenberg 49, Clare 60
Conversions: Gopperth 49, 60
Penalties: Burns 13, 36
A last-minute try from replacement prop Patrick Schickerling sent the reigning champions to an opening day defeat.
Exeter seemingly had the game won when they led 17-6 but a major error from Joe Simmonds buoyed Tigers to see them go in front before Chiefs raised their game to dominate the final quarter.
The hosts blew a couple of golden cha...
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