Exeter Chiefs' 12-24 reversal at London Wasps on 5 December in the Premiership ended a three game winning run in the competition. Their trip to Bath on Boxing Day was aborted due to the cold snap. Leicester Tigers beat Sale Sharks 54-21 at Welford Road on Monday, and opened their winning account away from home in Aviva Premiership Rugby on 4 December with their 23-14 victory at London Irish.
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The two clubs met in round two with the Tigers gaining a 37-27 victory at Welford Road. Exeter have not beaten Leicester since a friendly in 1966. Leicester Tigers have made five changes to the team with No8 Jordan Crane taking his place after recovering from injury while fellow England internationals George Chuter, Dan Cole, and Ben Youngs return after being rested last week.
Matt Smith is named on the wing in the other change to the starting XV. Fly-half Toby Flood is named among the replacements after recovering from injury. Richard Cockerill, Tigers director of rugby, said: "We’re in good shape and in pretty good form but we know it will be a tough afternoon there. It is sold out in advance and these are the kind of games and days they wanted to be involved in when they got promoted.
"Exeter kept together the core of their team from last year and Rob Baxter is doing a great job.
"At Welford Road they played really well, they could have won it and were unlucky to go home with nothing in the end. We have nothing but respect for them.
"Everybody talks about momentum but we just talk about the next game and trying to get points out of it. We have to get something because every point will count."
When the two teams met earlier in the season Leicester won 37-27 and the Chiefs will be looking to avenge their defeat.
That loss still hurts many at Exeter, especially as the visitors had threatened to pull off the biggest shock in Premiership history when they led 27-16 with just 15 minutes remaining. In the end, it was the experience and guile of the defending league champions which came to the fore and Cockerill's side fought back valiantly to thwart the league newcomers.
It was a bitter pill for the Chiefs - who headed home with nothing to show for their valiant efforts - to swallow, but at the same time it also served as a timely reminder of just how tough life another rung up the league ladder is.
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