Jamie George insists the spotlight is thrust upon Exeter as Saracens look to summon all their big-game experience for Saturdayâs Aviva Premiership final.
The two outstanding teams in English club Rugby collide at Twickenham in a repeat of the 2016 showpiece that saw the Chiefs defeated 28-20 after fighting back from a 23-6 deficit.
Since then they have succeeded Saracens as champions, beating their rivals in the 2017 play-offs before toppling Wasps a round later, and finishing the current regular season eight points clear at the summit of the table.
Saracens have grown accustomed to defending Premiership and European titles and George believes that Rob Baxterâs men may now be burdened by the responsibility to perform.
âExeter might feel a little bit more pressure. Weâve wanted to have a shot at Exeter in one of these big games since last season so itâs nice to be given the opportunity,â the England hooker said.
âBig game experience does help, it gives you the confidence knowing that we have done it and been through it.
âWe also take confidence from having been in not so good places, like five months ago when we were losing games, weâve come a long away.
âSo you take a lot of confidence from that but you also know itâs a one off game and we want to make sure we bring it.
âItâs where we want to be, in the big games. Weâve wanted to get better and weâve been doing that in the last few years, we want to be involved and keep winning these finals.â
Billy Vunipola has been passed fit after struggling with a hamstring injury and forms part of an unchanged starting XV that has been installed as bookmakersâ favourites to claim a fourth Premiership title.
Saracens and the might of their forwards will be matched against the relentless continuity game of Exeter, who grabbed a startling 92 per cent of possession in the first-half of their semi-final rout of Newcastle.
It is a mouth-watering showdown beautifully set-up by the protagonistsâ convincing wins in the play-offs, including 20 minutes of rugby that Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall described as the finest his team have ever played.
âExeter are impressive all round, they are comfortable in their own skin and in the way they play,â McCall said.
âEverybody understands what theyâre doing and buys into it and they have got a good thing going there.
âBut we think we do too â we have a group who are very comfortable with the way we play and we are very motivated.
âIndividually we are playing well, as a team we are playing well and it is going to be a great contest.
âWe are well aware that if they get 92 per cent possession against us we are probably going to lose this game. Hopefully thatâs not going to be the case.â
Saracensâ long serving wing Chris Wyles and hooker Schalk Brits will make their last appearances before retiring.