The Scottish influence at Exeter has been increasingly pronounced in recent years, with Stuart Hogg, Jonny Gray, Sam Skinner and Sam Hidalgo-Clyne all playing their part in the rise to that Premiership and Champions Cup double.
For longevity, however, none of this lot has anything on Craig Townsend, the older brother of Scotland coach Gregor, who has been involved with the Chiefs for some 22 years; all the way back to a time when they were not even called that and had rather less grandiose ambitions.
Townsend, an attack-minded outside centre who won the 1999 Scottish Cup with Gala in the same midfield as Chris Paterson, was a professional player at the club before taking over the strength and conditioning side when Matt Taylor, the
