Exeter Chiefs’ director of rugby Rob Baxter will be plotting today against one of his former players in the Prem Cup final, with Leicester Tigers’ head coach Geoff Parling finishing his long and successful playing career at Sandy Park.

“You could see his career path unwinding,” said Baxter, below. “He ran the lineout at international and club level for years, but he was a deep thinker about the game who showed leadership on the field to get us into good positions.
“That was always going to hold him in good stead when he went into coaching, and he is a guy who gets a lot of things right in h...