Leicester face Exeter in a tale of two city clubs heading in opposite directions

Tigers may be losing money but they refuse to see a season extended to 10 months – ‘without players, we don’t have a game’ – as a solution to their problemWhen Leicester last won the Premiership title it was at precisely this stage of the season in 2012 that they welcomed Exeter to Welford Road and promptly sent them packing back down to the West Country, tails between their legs. In the ensuing five years the sides’ relative progress has been nigh-on diametrically opposed – Exeter have soared, Leicester stagnated.The comparison between the two is relevant because their similarities are in ab…