3 September 2011
"We could have snuck it at the end. The battle was good and we just fell short at the end although you have to give credit to Exeter and what they came with."I'm not downhearted at all. We have a lot of blokes missing - and I'm not using that as an excuse - but I was pleased with the way we battled away."
"The attitude was outstanding, our commitment was outstanding which put us in the mix at the end to potentially win it."
Exeter coach Rob Baxter said:"We are fantastically pleased to have started the season with four points but, at the same time, we are aware that it is a pretty heavily depleted Leicester squad.
"That is two years in a row where we have got away from Leicester on the scoreboard and they very nearly got back to us again today.
"Something I am really pleased with is that we didn't crack when the pressure came on. We held it together enough to force a win."
