Exeter and Wasps show way to final is as much about mindset as muscle | Robert Kitson

Unshakeable belief their time is now and collective trust are the bedrock of both teams’ storming runs to the Premiership finalExeter are supposedly all about their no-nonsense forwards while Wasps are a free-wheeling bunch of adventurous buccaneers. The truth is considerably more layered: this year’s two Premiership finalists, above all, are prime examples of the crucial power of the mind, as much as body, in successful professional sport.Of course Exeter were punishingly physical against Bath while Wasps eventually ran Bristol ragged in the first of two one-sided semi-finals but at the heart…