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DANNY CARE Harlequins scrum-half v NIC WHITE Exeter scrum-half

White began brightly but was culpable in Chiefs failing to capitalise on their early dominance as a number of close-range chances went begging.

Care seized his chance to show why he is not out of the England reckoning yet with an energetic display in which his command of the forwards, pass delivery and boxkicking were of a high order. They needed to be to subdue Exeter.