Ex-Bristol four in Chiefs squad

Exeter Chiefs have included four former Bristol players in their squad to take on the Championship leaders.

Scrum-half Haydn Thomas, fly-half Danny Gray and hookers Saul Nelson and Neil Clark, are in the extended squad for Sunday's trip to the Memorial Ground.

"This is the first game where I have said we need to not over-focus on the opposition", said coach Rob Baxter.

"When you know a lot about the opposition, and we do because we have a lot of players who played at Bristol, it's easy to get too caught up on how they play.

"We have got to make the focus about us, a bit like we did against Sale."

Both Exeter and Bristol have won their opening four league games, but Bristol lead the Championship by virtue of having earned one more bonus point.