Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter expressed excitement about the club’s future after an era ended with a 47-28 Heineken Champions Cup semi-final defeat to reigning champions La Rochelle.
The loss in Bordeaux was a farewell performance for a number of Baxter’s frontline stars like Sam and Joe Simmonds, Jack Nowell, Stuart Hogg and Jannes Kirsten, unless they are picked for a dead rubber Premiership game against London Irish next weekend.
