Leicester …27pts
Tries: Thompson 2, Olowofela 15, Holmes 25, Eastmond 73
Conversions: Reid 25, Hardwick 73
Penalties: Reid 47

Exeter …7pts
Tries: Vermeulen 9
Conversions: Skinner 9

■ By ROB WILDMAN
RELIEF could be detected in the Leicester camp after this victory rewarded a hard summer of work recovering from the disastrous 2018-19 campaign.
Exeter won the two Premiership games between the teams last season by a collective score of 92-26 but a much younger team here failed to apply their usual stranglehold.
“It’s a little bit of a slap in the face,”...