Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter has received a welcome boost in the shape of international trio Tomos Francis, Jonny Gray and Stuart Hogg, who all return from Guinness 6 Nations action. Full-back Hogg and lock Gray both start from the outset, with Francis on the replacements bench.

The defending domestic and European champions will find out their fate alongside 15 other teams on Tuesday when the draws for the Heineken Champions Cup last 16 and quarter-final will take place.

Bath Rugby – who will be in the European Rugby Challenge Cup last 16 draw on Tuesday – also welcome back a duo of international stars as prop Beno Obano and back-row Taulupe Faletau both start for the hosts.

Elsewhere in the Premiership, Wasps – who are guaranteed a home draw next week – take on Gloucester Rugby and Worcester Warriors face off against Challenge Cup holders Bristol Bears.

The pick of the Guinness PRO14 action on Saturday is a hotly-anticipated all-Irish clash between Ulster Rugby and Leinster Rugby in Belfast, with both sides flying high in domestic competition.

Both sides have won 12 of their 13 PRO14 matches, but it is Leinster who lead Ulster by six points in Conference A with more bonus points to their name.

And in the Top 14, the match of the day is surely the clash of the European finalists from 2020 as Heineken Champions Cup runners-up Racing 92 host Challenge Cup runners-up RC Toulon at the La Defense Arena in Paris.

Both sides will feature in Tuesday’s last 16 draw, with the Parisians earning a home match due to their two pool stage wins.

Heineken Champions Cup holders Exeter Chiefs will be looking to avoid three domestic defeats in a row in the Gallagher Premiership tomorrow when they travel to face Bath Rugby at The Rec for a West Country derby.