Joe Simmonds says it would be a mistake for anyone at La Rochelle to bill tomorrow’s Champions Cup semi-final as Exeter’s last dance.
Half the Chiefs team which won the 2020 Heineken Cup leave the club this summer, so defeat in Bordeaux would effectively bring down the curtain.
But Simmonds, who captained Exeter to the league and European double three seasons ago, receiving an MBE for his troubles, insists nobody at the Devon club is considering that scenario.