Prop Alec Hepburn flies into hooker Tommy Taylor to make huge tackle

Cracking hit from Exeter Chiefs in their Aviva Premiership season opener versus Wasps at the Ricoh Arena, as Alec Hepburn flew off the line to perfectly time this crunching tackle on hooker Tommy Taylor, stopping him dead in his tracks.

As noted by Austin Healey, the long hair on both players certainly added to the magnitude of the tackle, as the two big front rowers met, with one coming off significantly worse than the other.

Edit: Taylor made a revenge shortly after this. Scroll down for a video on that.

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Wasps won the contest 25-20, the highlights of which can be watched below.

credit: premiershiprugby

Great clash between these two front rowers, with a little bit of revenge a few minutes later! ???????????? #rugby #bighit #wasps #exeter Credit: PremiershipRugby

A video posted by Rugbydump (@rugbydump) on Sep 8, 2016 at 5:48am PDT