Rob Baxter challenges Exeter to play like Premiership champions | Robert Kitson

The Chiefs’ director of rugby is in bullish mood but stern tests await as the 2017-18 Premiership season kicks off on FridayOn the eve of a new Premiership season, here is a little quiz question: how many different clubs have topped the English table and/or won the title in the past 14 years? The answer* is at the bottom of the page: suffice to say it is higher than you think. Predictable is seldom a word applied to the world’s tightest league and 2017-18 will be no different.Partly it is a reflection of the ever‑shifting tectonic plates shaping rugby’s economics; nothing is guarante…