Exeter have come in for a fair bit of criticism in the last week or two for their supposedly “boring” style of play but I don’t believe it’s justified and I use WWF (as it was known when I was growing up) to demonstrate why. Back then every single wrestler – the Big Show, the Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin, the Undertaker – was not known for their wrestling style, they were known for their finishing moves. I see Exeter’s “finishing move” as their ability to score tries from driving lineouts five metres from the opposition’s line and that is what they have become most famous for.
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