Exeter Chiefs flanker Sam Simmonds hoping to put injury behind...

If injury hadn't struck, Sam Simmonds could now be rubbing shoulders with fellow starlets Jack Nowell and Henry Slade in Exeter Chiefs' first team – but the teenage flanker insists he is now ready to light up the LV= Cup. Simmonds, 19, suffered a serious knee injury more than a year ago, having been hotly-tipped to become the latest player to make an impression from the Chiefs' academy. Upon his return to fitness, Exeter had already used up their quota of dual-registration spots, meaning..., Exeter Chiefs flanker Sam Simmonds hoping to put injury behind...