Prem semi-final team news: Bath v Exeter – Injured Russell remains absent

For Exeter the game represents a return to the play-offs for the first time since 2021.

But the fixture at the Rec will be the first-ever away Prem play-off game for the club, as they finished either first or second in the table in each season from 2016 to 2021 while the Chiefs made six consecutive Twickenham finals.

“For me it’s a little bit unique,” Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter told BBC Radio Devon.

“We’ve been in plenty of semi-finals, but never been away from home, so it’s going to be another interesting challenge for us.

“When you look at where the club probably needs to build to, it’s probably one of the things we need to try and tick off because we haven’t done one yet.

“Those are the things that down the line you want to have achieved as a club, and this gives us the opportunity to do that.”

Bath: De Glanville; Cokanasiga, Lawrence, Ojomoh, Arundell; Spencer (c), Carreras; Obano, Dunn, Du Toit; Roux, Ewels, Bayliss, Underhill, Barbeary.

Replacements: Tuipulotu, Van Wyk, Sela, Molony, Hill, Van der Linde, Redpath, Reid.

Exeter: Woodburn; Brown-Bampoe, Slade, Ikitau, Ridl; Skinner, Varney; Sio, Norey, Iosefa-Scott, Jenkins (capt), Zambonin, Hoope, Tshiunza, Fisilau.

Replacements: Dweba, Burger, Tchumbadze, Tuima, Vintcent, Cairns, Wimbush, Hammersley.

Referee: Christophe Ridley