Newcastle Falcons v Exeter Chiefs: Match preview
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Newcastle have lost their last 20 league games, but Rob Baxter thinks that puts the pressure on his Exeter Chiefs players ahead of Sunday’s match.
While the visitors will be odds-on favourites to win at Kingston Park, Baxter knows what will be going through the minds of the Falcons players.
This time last week the talk was that Exeter had only won one league match at home in 2014, and they responded with a 36-13 defeat of Harlequins.
So the head coach is expecting the hosts to be fired up to stop people talking about their shocking run of form.
To cope with that, he wants to ensure his pl…
While the visitors will be odds-on favourites to win at Kingston Park, Baxter knows what will be going through the minds of the Falcons players.
This time last week the talk was that Exeter had only won one league match at home in 2014, and they responded with a 36-13 defeat of Harlequins.
So the head coach is expecting the hosts to be fired up to stop people talking about their shocking run of form.
To cope with that, he wants to ensure his pl…
