Rob Baxter: ‘A lot to come’ from Exeter after Bath thriller

Exeter boss Rob Baxter says his side’s dramatic Prem Rugby loss at Bath shows how far his side have come this season.

Arthur Green’s last-minute try secured a 33-26 win for the hosts after Exeter had battled back from 26-0 down to level the scores in the final five minutes.

The Chiefs won just four games last season as they finished a club-worst second-from-bottom of the Premiership.

In contrast they are third this season with six wins and just two defeats after nine matches, sitting four points off leaders Northampton and two behind Bath.

“At the start of the season if someone had said where we would be, that we’d be disappointed with two points away at Bath in a top-four clash, you would take that every day of the week,” Baxter told BBC Radio Devon.

“We are a team that’s growing, we’re not a team that’s going backwards, we’re not ageing, we’re the right age range, we’re getting experience into players.

“Someone like Bachuki (Tchumbadze), I think that’s his fifth game of paid professional rugby.

“There’s a lot to come from these guys and I’m really enjoying working with them.”