#4. Sam Simmonds
He has not played since the Chiefs’ Heineken Champions Cup last-16 first-leg win over Munster on 9 April.
“It’s been a niggly hip injury that’s been causing him pain,” Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter said.
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“The restrictive thing has been the pain, not so much the function.
“If he gets this sorted now that means he can have a good recovery time and a good pre-season, and it’s a huge year for anybody who’s got international ambitions next year, it being a World Cup year.
“So in some ways it’ll really help him get himself to the level he was a couple of years ago when he was banging tries in from everywhere.
“He’ll want to follow that through because that’s what led to his international and Lions recognition.”