Leicester overcome elements to knock Exeter off top of the table

• Leicester 20-13 Exeter• Tries from Nick Malouf and Jonny May helped secure victoryThe champions lost their position at the head of the table, washed away in the wet. They have built their success on retaining possession, but Leicester showed Exeter how to use it as they turned three visits to their opponents’ 22 into 17 points.Exeter, in a repeat of last year, were without their wing Jack Nowell who was returned from an England training camp injured, this time with a dead leg that is not expected to keep him out for long whereas last season an arm problem kept him out for two months. Leicest…