Feyi-Waboso starts for Chiefs in PREM opener

England winger makes his first start for Exeter since December in trip to Northampton

- STUART JAMES

FREE from injury, England international Immanuel FeyiWaboso has been thrown straight into the Exeter Chiefs team for their opening PREM match fo the season at Northampton Saints tomorrow.

The 22-year-old flyer has been struggling with a hamstring injury and played only one and half games in the last nine months after also being sidelined with a shoulder injury. However, the trainee doctor has passed a rigorous fitness test and takes his place in the starting XV, while number eight Greg Fisilau and Dafydd Jenkins are also declared fit and ready for the big kickoff.

Chiefs' director of rugby Rob Baxter said: “I’m really looking forward to the start of the league season. It’s been a challenging preseason in a lot of ways for us, but we've come through it.