YOUNG GUNS by Ben Jaycock
Exeter Chiefs centre Nick Lilley wishes he could have a notepad and pen to hand in training to write down everything he’s learning from the wisdom of Exeter’s set of experienced centres.
While Rob Baxter’s squad is predominantly a youthful one full of tyro operators such as Lilley, 57-cap England midfielder Henry Slade remains and the 18-year-old has enjoyed how he’s been taken under his wing.

He told The Rugby Paper: “Henry Slade is a big rugby idol of mine as he also played at Ivybridge and was a local boy, so to follow him has been good. At Exeter they focus a ...