Premiership champions must stop overthinking it

Exeter Chiefs may be the reigning Aviva Premiership champions but when it comes to Europe they are still looking to make their mark.

Over the past five years it has been a familiar story for director of rugby Rob Baxter and his side when it comes to continental competition.

They have competed in the Champions Cup in four out of the past five seasons and only once have they made it past the pool stages. That came during the 2015/16 campaign when a miraculous final round of results led to them making the quarter-finals. Exeter recorded a bonus point victory over the Ospreys, while Bordeaux-Begles stunned Clermont Auvergne 37-28 to put the Chiefs through on points difference.