Baxter is targeting dynasty of success for high-flying Exeter after double delight
Exeter boss Rob Baxter plans to use the Chiefs' first double as the launchpad for a dynasty of success having acquired a taste for silverware.
A enthralling 19 -13 victor y over Wasps at Twickenham on Saturday clinched a second Gallagher Premiership title for the Devonians a week after they were crowned European champions by edging Racing 92 in similarly captivating circumstances.
Now seeking to emulate fellow English double winners Leicester, Wasps and Saracens by establishing an era of dominance, Exeter are determined to continue the fair y tale started 10 years ago when they reached the top flight for the first time.
When asked if toppling Wasps and Racing onsuccessive weekends is just the beginning, Baxter said :" I' d like to think so because I genuinely think that not getting to finals and not progressing will hurt us. It took us years and years and years to win the Premiership for the first time. We could then have said we've achieved everything we wanted to achieve.
"But we didn't and now that we've won these two trophies, have we achieved everything we've wanted to? No we haven't. There's always something else to move on to.
"We've got to use our drive and use our ambition and use this group of players, because they are the right age group, to drive us for four or five years.
"We need to use their desire to experience these moments as much as we can. It won't be simple, it never is. For us it's always been about steady progress."