EXETER
The Chiefs have been the surprise element in the last two Premiership campaigns – making the final in June having flirted with Newcastle for bottom place the year before.
Little was expected of Exeter a year ago, but but some shrewd signings, Len Ikitau, Tom Hooper, Andrea Zambonin and Stephen Varney especially, blended with the resolve of the players who had earned the wrath of backer Tony Rowe following a humbling defeat at Gloucester.
ONE TO WATCH
DALLAS McLEOD Replacing Len Ikitau, McLeod has big shoes to fill but the Kiwi offers intelligent running, defensive discipl...