Leicester are hoping Michael Cheika will guide them back to the sunlit uplands and their luck is already starting to change. With the clock already in the red it seemed Exeter had done enough to secure a hard-earned victory only for one last rumbling close-range lineout drive to produce a winning score for the Wales flanker Tommy Reffell despite a red card for Solomone Kata having reduced the visitors to 14 men in the final quarter.

The former Wallaby head coach will be delighted by the resilience his side showed in staying in a contest that had seemed lost when Chiefs led 14-3 with less than 18 minutes left. The Tigers were far from spectacular but their lineout and maul went well all day while Exeter were ultimately guilty of not finishing off their opponents when they had the chance.

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