By the end of 2020, Simmonds had scored eight tries in the four Premiership games Chiefs had played, and also scored a try in the Champions Cup game against Glasgow Warriors.
In doing so, he took his try tally in the Premiership to 34 in 49 games – and 47 in 70 games for Chiefs overall. On 20 November 2020 Exeter opened the new Premiership season away at Harlequins, winning 33–3, with Simmonds scoring three tries – including an outstanding long-range effort – and taking the ‘man-of-the-match’ award. He became the seventh Englishman to receive the 'Anthony Foley Memorial Trophy’, following in the footsteps of Jonny Wilkinson (2013), Steffon Armitage (2014), Nick Abendanon (2015), Maro Itoje (2016), Owen Farrell (2018) and Alex Goode (2019). At the end of this season Simmonds was named European Player of the Year. The following weekend saw Exeter overcome Wasps in the Premiership final to complete a league and European double. Simmonds scored a try in the 2020 European Rugby Champions Cup Final as Exeter defeated Racing to become champions of Europe for the first time.
He then featured again as a replacement in the final as Exeter defeated Wasps to be crowned champions of England for the first time in their history. In the 2017 Premiership semi-final against Saracens, Simmonds came on as a replacement when Chiefs were down three points towards the end of the game, scoring the winning try from a driving maul. In February 2017, Simmonds played his first Premiership match for Exeter Chiefs against Wasps, earning the player of the Match award. Simmonds came through the Exeter Chiefs academy, making his debut for the senior side in an Anglo-Welsh Cup game against London Welsh in November 2012. His younger brother, Joe Simmonds, also plays rugby union for Exeter Chiefs and has represented England at youth levels as a fly-half. As a child, he wanted to be a footballer, but after earning selection to play rugby for Devon aged fourteen, he switched his focus to it. His father and uncle are both in the fishing industry. If not, we still got to hold it down and play the game that we know.Simmonds was born in Torquay and grew up in Teignmouth, Devon playing for local club Teignmouth RFC in his youth. "Having him back obviously would be very big for our team if we're all on the same page," Drummond said. "But I have no idea if he's getting close to playing or not." Nets center Andre Drummond said Simmons would be a valuable addition to a group hoping to go all the way. "I think clearly he's improving," Nash added. "That's not my job as far as the rehab and all that, but clearly to play in an NBA game you got to have some contact and play the game a little bit. The coach said that he assumes that a return to practice would be the next step for Simmons, but said he didn't have a timeline.
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