Director of Rugby: Rob Baxter
Captain: Jack Yeandle
Ground: Don Armand
Capacity: 12,800
Rob Baxter has built a side that plays keepball with great proficiency and power, turning Exeter into English club rugby’s great promotion story of the professional era. There is a sense, however, after the Chiefs were outplayed – and outmuscled – by Saracens in the Premiership final at the end of May, in much the same way as they were by Leinster in the European Cup, that they may have reached a crossroads.
If Exeter’s ambition extends only as far as staying in the top half of ...