Rugby - Upwardly-mobile Exeter seek to take final step


  • Rugby
  • Thursday, 25 May 2017

FILE PHOTO: Britain Rugby Union - Gloucester Rugby v Exeter Chiefs - Aviva Premiership - Kingsholm, Gloucester, Britain - 6/5/17 Gloucester Rugby's Tom Savage in action against Exeter Chiefs' Sam Simmonds (L) and Kai Horstmann (R) Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Peter Cziborra / /File Photo / Livepic

LONDON (Reuters) - Exeter can cap their remarkable rise through the rugby ranks by securing their maiden English Premiership title on Saturday but they will need to be at their defensive best to counter the threat of a Wasps team hoping to roll back the years.

When Wasps were winning European and domestic titles almost at will a decade ago with the likes of Lawrence Dallaglio, Josh Lewsey and Rob Howley in their ranks, Exeter were in the second tier and still playing at their cramped old County Ground.

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