Exeter’s director of rugby, Rob Baxter, has highlighted the significance of his team’s upcoming trip to Leicester, deeming it vital for their hopes of making the Prem play-offs.
Chiefs Face Crucial Leicester Test
Exeter are currently fourth. They sit seven points behind Leicester and three ahead of Saracens.
Exeter host Saracens in their final league game next weekend.
Baxter acknowledged the importance of the Leicester game. He also said the Saracens’ game is going to be even more important.
Baxter Urges Focus Amidst Play-Off Scenarios
Baxter is trying not to get too caught up in all the permutations that can happen by the time they even play on Sunday.
Bristol are two points further back from Saracens.
- Fourth-placed Chiefs are seven points behind third-placed Leicester.
- Exeter are three ahead of Saracens in fifth.
- Bristol are two points further back from Saracens.
Exeter’s Play-Off Push Hinges on Points
Baxter said there’s no way of saying they’re not big games because you can’t see any way out of it other than they’ve got to win at least one of them and collect points in the other to even give ourselves a chance really of being in the top four.
He added whichever way they have to do it, they’re going to have to do it one way or the other which is collect a number of points over two games.
Baxter does not think it’s going to be a scenario where they can wait until the last game of the season and hope that it’s a one-off game. He just can’t see the permutations working quite like that.
Exeter were beaten by Harlequins at Twickenham in their last Prem match.