Premiership: Exeter 58-26 Harlequins – Chiefs keep play-off hopes alive

Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter told BBC Radio Devon:

“I think for excitement levels, because of what’s potentially hanging on it, it’s just incredible.

“Knowing we needed a four-point spread to move us above Quins, and that would leave us in a position where we’re in our control of our destiny over Quins at least next week, was really important.

“I’m just delighted, the whole week’s going to be exciting – I’m already excited now about getting back to training.

“I thought we coped with things particularly well after half-time – the score at half-time for us was very important, but we did also talk about if we wanted any benefit from the fatigue level of Harlequins having to come back from Toulouse on Sunday, it wouldn’t happen in the first half, it would happen second half.

“But it would only happen if we went after it real hard in the second half, and we went after it hard and we scored early second half, and I think that, in a lot of ways, was the key fundamental of the game.”

Harlequins head coach Danny Wilson told TNT Sports:

“It’s a second-half performance that is not us, it’s a bit of a collapse if we’re honest.

“21-all at half-time, very much in the game and we’ve let them in quite soft at the end there.

“They were outstanding second half, no doubt about that, but on top of that I think we were pretty soft in defence and obviously it’s cost us.

“I think discipline was an issue, we gave a lot of defensive breakdown penalties away and offsides away, which gave them a lot of entries and a lot of opportunities.

“But we scored the fourth try, which could be vital, could be really important and the character we showed to do that was pleasing.”