Q&A
ALI HEPHER ON THE RECORD
Recently promoted Exeter head coach Ali Hepher tells NEALE HARVEY how the Premiership champions are going about defending their title and why he believes the preponderance of overseas coaches in the Northern Hemisphere is a nonsense.
As Premiership champions, has your approach to pre-season changed at all?
It is a bit different. We had a lot more players away last year with the Saxons tour and a few guys coming in from Super Rugby, plus we have a slightly amended format because we reviewed last year’s pre-season after we didn’t make the best of s...