10 YEARS IN MAKING

2010: Exeter beat Bristol over two legs to win Championship play- off.

2011: Survived first season in Premiership, finishing eighth of 12. 2012: Finished an impressive fifth, earning Rob Baxter ‘ boss- of- the- year’ award.

2013: Debut season in Champions Cup, losing four of six games to finish third in pool.

2014: Beat Northampton to win LV Cup, Chiefs’ first major trophy in 143- year history. 2015: Fifth in league, runners- up in LV Cup.

2016: Reached first Premiership final, beaten 28- 20 by Saracens. 2017: Became champions of England after extra- time Twickenham win over Wasps.

2018: Anglo- Welsh Cup winners, but beaten by Saracens in their third straight Premiership final.

2019: Again played Saracens in league final and again beaten, coughing up 11- point lead.

Nov 2019: Saracens found guilty of breaching salary cap in previous three seasons but allowed to keep their titles.

2020: Exeter win Champions Cup and reach fifth straight Premiership final.