BOUNCEBACKABILITY: EXETER CHIEFS V BATH RUGBY

It was the then Crystal Palace football manager Iain Dowie who coined the word ‘bouncebackability’ some twenty-two years ago. The Collins Dictionary defines it as “the ability to recover after a setback, especially in sport.”It is a quality that both teams will be searching for on Sunday. Both are coming back off successive defeats, one each in the Prem and in Europe. Both are rueing the impact of decisions around head contact and counting the cost of mounting injuries. Both know a third defeat could derail what has been a very promising season.