Street aims to improve after agreeing Saracens move

Marcus Street made his debut for Exeter in November 2017

Exeter prop Marcus Street says a desire to be pushed "outside my comfort zone" was a factor in his decision to join Premiership rivals Saracens in the summer.

The 26-year-old has played more than 100 games for Exeter since coming up through the club's academy ranks to the first team set-up in 2017.

But after eight seasons at Sandy Park the tighthead will move to the side that beat Exeter in three Premiership finals in the final half of the last decade.

"It's exciting," Street told BBC Sport.

"I like getting pushed out into the deep end a little bit, so doing something a bit different, a bit new, can't be bad at all. I'm very excited looking to the future."

But Street says his move to London will not be a distraction as he prepares to help Exeter in their final two games of the season - starting with a trip to Harlequins on Sunday.

"I go day by day - my job today is to train, then at the weekend my job there is to play well," he says.

"It doesn't matter who I'm playing for, right now I'm still employed by Chiefs.

"Right now I'll do the best I can, no matter. I think it shows my character as well."

Street played in Exeter's most recent appearance in a Premiership final when they were beaten late on by Harlequins in 2021.

But four years on, the Chiefs could not be further away from those times as they near the end of the worst season in the club's top-flight history.

They are guaranteed to finish ninth in the Premiership - their lowest-ever position - and have won just four league games all season.

It cost newly-promoted head coach Rob Hunter his job earlier this month, while Ali Hepher - the man he replaced - remains suspended after Exeter suffered a club-record 79-17 loss at Gloucester last month.

"This has definitely been the toughest season, but I think this will be the year that I probably learn the most from," says Street.

"It's all well and good when you're winning every game, as a player you're winning and everything's going well.

"But when you start losing you really have to look and see how can you get out of this, what things I need to improve on, because obviously something is going wrong.

"I think it's a good time to really push on as a player and push on the skills."