EXETER’S supposed season of rebuilding started with the demolition of champions Saracens last weekend and the Chiefs intend to keep on proving their doubters wrong.
Exeter were not among the pre-season favourites after losing the likes of Jack Nowell, the Simmonds brothers, Dave Ewers, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Stuart Hogg and Harry Williams in the close season, but their 11-try, 65-10 success in the opening round marked Sarries’ heaviest Premiership defeat.
“There was no real pressure on us,” said outprove on an away record that saw them win only at Worcester,...