EXETER CHIEFS TEAM NEWS: BAXTER'S BIG 400
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- Created on Friday, 30 March 2012 13:34
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Exeter Chiefs have name an unchanged starting XV from the side that triumphed 28-27 at Gloucester for tomorrow’s home Aviva Premiership clash with London Irish at Sandy Park (1500).
That means a remarkable 400th club appearance for number eight Richard Baxter – who debuted for his hometown club at Fylde 15 years ago.
The 33-year-old said: "The club has taken me on an incredible journey. After my first couple of years playing I could see the club were always progressing and wanting to progress and I'm just pleased to have been part of that.
"My aspiration was always to play in the Premiership, but whether it was going to be with Exeter I wasn't always sure about. I could see the club were ambitious; I had family down here and deep down I wanted to do it with Exeter, so it was nice to do that in the end.
"Being in the Premiership now, it means a lot to me. It's been a part of my life for 15 years, not just my life but my family's life as well. To be able to run out and play for Exeter in any game is always very special and it's something I shouldn't just treasure, but all the guys here should treasure it because it's a special time for us all."
Chiefs starting XV 15 Phil Dollman 14 Gonzalo Camacho 13 Bryan Rennie 12 Jason Shoemark 11 Matt Jess 10 Ignacio Mieres 9 Haydn Thomas 1 Hoani Tui 2 Chris Whitehead 3 Craig Mitchell 4 Tom Hayes (capt) 5 James Hanks 6 Tom Johnson 7 James Scaysbrook 8 Richard Baxter
Ready on the bench 16 Neil Clark 17 Ben Moon 18 Chris Budgen 19 Aly Muldowney 20 Ben White 21 Kevin Barrett 22 Gareth Steenson 23 Sireli Naqelevuki
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