Wednesday at Sandy Park provided an excellent insight into just how enthusiastic Rob Baxter continues to be at the Exeter helm. It would be understandable if the prospect of a 16th consecutive season as the Devon club’s director of rugby is wearying on the 53-year-old but there wasn’t a scintilla of staleness to be detected on a busy midweek day.
With Chiefs’ open training session about to get underway at Sandy Park, Baxter was interviewed on the touchline and the fans assembled in the West Grandstand lapped up his every word. He watched some of the on-pitch activity that followed in preparation for Saturday’s pre-season doubleheader versus London Scottish and Cornish Pirates, then held a 40-minute round-table interview with the media that touched on a wide variety of topics.
Further business was on the agenda that afternoon, including a call with England boss Steve Borthwick on the new professional game board RFU/Premiership…
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