Kurtley Beale will miss English club rugby's showpiece, but his old Waratahs and Wallabies teammate Dave Dennis will be looking for a title with an Exeter side that does things differently to their bigger city rivals.
Gifted back Beale was ruled out of the Wasps side with a hamstring injury, an issue which has prompted Wallabies coach Michael Cheika not to risk him for Australia's three home Tests in June.
Lock Dennis, who is in his first season with Exeter, is the only Australian-born starter in the Premiership final at Twickenham commencing at 11.30pm on Saturday (AEST).
Compatriot and back-rower Mitch Lees has been named on the Exeter bench, while several other Australians have played for the Chiefs during the season, including former Wallabies Greg Holmes and Lachie Turner..
Chasing their first Premiership title, Exeter are unbeaten in 15 Premiership games stretching back to last year,.
They reached the final by last week defeating European champions Saracens, who beat them in last year's Premiership decider.
One man who will be cheering Exeter on will be Waratahs and Wallabies lock Dean Mumm, who captained the English west country side in two of his three seasons there.
Mumm enjoyed the way the club combined the professional and amateur sides of the game.
"The professionalism in terms of training and the mentality you go about it, but with an amateurism in terms of the way the club is still owned by it's membership, which is still the only one (like that) in the Premiership," Mumm told AAP.
"Everyone was so invested in the success of the team.
"Some of their war cries, for lack of better words, are particularly unique and the cider flows pretty freely at Sandy Park come the gameday.
"You feel a bit like they are a one-team town, you get discounts at the butcher, you get discounts at different stores, which certainly doesn't happen in Sydney.
"When you are doing well you certainly feel embraced. It's the flip side perhaps if you are not doing so well, but they've got a great structure.
"I loved it and I had a great time there."
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