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Exeter Chiefs v Bayonne: Team news

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Kai Horstmann has been brought in as the only change to Exeter Chiefs' starting line-up for tomorrow's final European Challenge Cup group game against Bayonne (5.30pm). The back-rower replaces the injured Don Armand (elbow) and wears the No. 7 jersey against the French outfit. There is also a change on the bench, with scrum-half Will Chudley named instead of Haydn Thomas. Exeter are already assured of a place in April's quarter-finals, and a win at Sandy Park on Saturday will set them up for a home tie in the last eight. And while Bayonne are out of contention, Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter expects them to pose a test as they will want to end their time in the competition on a high. Baxter said: "It may appear they have not got a lot to play for in Europe, but at the same time I've seen how we have played in Europe when it's supposedly been a dead rubber for us. We have played several teams in that situation yet have won games, simply because if you are a good team you have proud players who want to achieve things, do well and the values that exist across the team of how they play for each other are very important. "I don't know how strong those values are in Bayonne - but I'd imagine they are pretty strong because they are a Top 14 side and when you have those values, every game is worth playing. "We would expect every game we play to be like that, even if it was a so-called dead rubber, and for it to be very important to the lads we put on the pitch. As I said, I expect it to be the same for Bayonne."Exeter Chiefs: Dollman; Whitten, Nowell, Hill, Jess; Slade, Lewis; Moon, Cowan-Dickie, Brown, Mumm, Welch, Ewers, Horstmann, Waldrom. Reps: Bateman, Sturgess, Rimmer, Naqelevuki, Scaysbrook, Chudley, Steenson, McGuigan

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