World Cup snub will fire up Chiefs’ back row rejects

■By NEALE HARVEY

ENGLAND’S failure to embrace Exeter’s array of “world-class” back rowers should spark fear throughout the Premiership, according to departing lock forward Mitch Lees, below. Lees, who clocks-on at Top 14 outfit Brive this week after being released from his Chiefs contract, believes Don Armand, Sam Simmonds, Dave Ewers and player-of-the-year nominee Matt Kvesic can feel hard done by not to be part of England’s World Cup plans.
However, England’s loss will be Exeter’s gain predicts Lees, who is convinced Rob Baxter’s sid...

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