Dafydd Jenkins to captain Chiefs

Rob Baxter has made six changes to his starting line-up for a Round Five trip to Cinch Stadium at Franklin’s Gardens to take on Northampton Saints this Sunday.

The Chiefs Director of Rugby has rotated his entire front row for a second week running as well as bringing Welsh internationalist Dafydd Jenkins into the starting line-up for the first time this season to captain the side.

After a strong first Gallagher Premiership start last weekend at Sandy Park, Ross Vintcent secures his place at number eight for a second week while fellow youngster Ben Hammersley rotates back into the side.

Baxter believes this could be a game which has the makings for a great representation of the sport as, on first inspection, a number of aspects of both side’s games are set in great parallels which could result in a great match-up.

“Saints very much back their attacking game, you can’t run away from that. Over the last couple of years there never seems to have been a game where they’re not capable of scoring tries. And that obviously creates pressure in itself, because it doesn’t matter whether you’ve got them in a close game or you feel like you’re pulling away – you always know they’ve got a try-scoring ability and they’ll back themselves to get back to that.”

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