By NICK CAIN

EXETER Chiefs made the remarkable transition from the English second-tier Championship to the summit of northern hemisphere club rugby by beating Racing 92 in a brutal, thrilling humdinger of a European Cup final at Ashton Gate yesterday evening.
They had to summon every ounce of will and strain every sinew to eventually repel a Racing side which took them to the brink of defeat and back.
The final cameo captured the ebb and flow of the match, as they became deserved European champions by repelling a 19-phase last-ditch assault by a fiercely determined Parisian team, to finis...