Champions Cup Pool 2: Exeter Chiefs v Bordeaux-Begles, 21 November

PREVIEW: Johnson - Chiefs ready to get back on track
Exeter flanker Tom Johnson has urged his team-mates to quickly pick themselves up and get their European Rugby Champions Cup campaign back on track against Bordeaux-Begles.

The Chiefs had made an impressive start to the Aviva Premiership season and had led their Pool 2 opener against the Ospreys in Swansea.

However, the boot of Dan Biggar eventually ensured Rob Baxter's side fell to a 25-13 defeat and were not able to pick up a losing bonus point.

Exeter now return to Sandy Park to face Bordeaux, and England international Johnson reckons there is no need for "doom and gloom" in the Chiefs camp.

"We know we can play much better than we did at the weekend," he said. "We have got a big week to prepare for this game, so we will dust ourselves off, go through a few things and look to put in a big performance at Sandy Park.

"If you look at how we played in the build-up to the Ospreys game, we had done really well and it is important to draw on the positives.

"We know last week wasn't a great performance from us, but it's a different competition, a different environment for the boys and we came up against a team full of experience.

"Unfortunately we got into a bit of an arm wrestle with them, which we said we didn't want to do, and in the end we paid the price.

"Whereas in the Premiership you may make a mistake and get the chance to redeem yourselves, at this level everything is seized upon and that is something we need to learn from moving forward."

If Exeter are to record a victory they will need to beat French opposition for the first time in the Champions Cup, having lost all four fixtures against Top 14 opposition.

For Bordeaux, who came through the play-off tournament to secure their place in the draw by beating Challenge Cup winners Gloucester, this will be the first time they have faced English opposition in the top-tier competition.

Match Facts
- This will be the first meeting between the sides in European competition.
- Exeter Chiefs are still yet to record a win against a French team in the Champions Cup (L4).
- Exeter Chiefs have won two of their six home matches in the Champions Cup, however they have scored just 19 points in their last two matches on home soil.
- This will be Bordeaux-Begles first match in the Champions Cup against English opposition; their previous opponents have all been from either Wales, Ireland or France.