Rob Baxter

Rob Baxter
Rugby union career
Date of birth	(1971-03-10) 10 March 1971
Place of birth	Tavistock, Devon
Notable relative(s)	Richard Baxter (brother)^[1]
Playing career
Position	Lock
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	Exeter Gloucester Exeter	275
Coaching career
Years	Club / team
2009 -	Exeter Chiefs

Rob Baxter (born 10 March 1971) is the head coach of Aviva Premiership rugby team Exeter Chiefs. He previously played for the club for 14 years, 10 of them as captain.^[2] Baxter has also both captained^[3] and coached the Barbarians.^[4]

As a player Baxter played for Exeter for 14 years and served as the club's captain for 10 years.^[5] Following his retirement he moved into coaching the University of Exeter side while acting as a forwards coach for the Chiefs. Rob Baxter was appointed to the position of acting coach head coach of Exeter Chiefs following the sacking of former coach Pete Drewett in March 2009. On 7 May 2009 it was announced that Baxter will be taking over the position of Head Coach of the Exeter Chiefs.^[6] In Baxter's first season as coach he led the team to promotion from the RFU Championship to the premiership.^[7] Baxter's efforts in establishing Exeter as strong Premiership side were recognised when he won the 2011/12 Director of the Year award at the Aviva Premiership awards, having also been nominated for the honour the previous season.^[5]

It was announced on 26 March 2013 that Baxter would join the England coaching team for the summer tour to Argentina and Uruguay.^[8]

References

↑ Cotton, Matt. "Rob Baxter hails "incredible" Richard Baxter". SportsMole. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
↑ "Rob Baxter profile". ESPN Scrum.
↑ "Rob The Barbarian". Exeter Chiefs press release. 10 June 2004.
↑ "BARBARIANS LAUNCH ANOTHER ATTACK ON THE DOCKYARD GATE AT PLYMOUTH". The RFU. 27 October 2008.
1 2 "Rob Baxter Profile". ESPN Scrum.
↑ "Baxter named as Chiefs head coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
↑ Brendan, Gallagher (27 May 2010). "Rob Baxter's coaching masterstroke augurs well for Exeter Chiefs". Retrieved 9 December 2011.
↑ "Rob Baxter and Paul Gustard to coach England in Argentina". Premiership Rugby. Retrieved 26 March 2013.

External links

Exeter Chiefs squad

Forwards	Armand Atkins Brown Caldwell L Cowan-Dickie Ewers Francis Hepburn Horstmann Johnson Lees Low Malton Moon Rimmer Salvi Sturgess Taione Waldrom Welch White Williams Yeandle

Backs	Arnott Botha Campagnaro Chudley Dollman Hill Hooley Hughes Jess Lewis McGuigan Naqelevuki Nowell Short Slade Steenson Thomas Whitten Woodburn

Coach	(Head Coach) Baxter (Backs Coach) Hepher (Forwards Coach) Hunter (Team Manager) Cowling (Skills Coach) Pellow

Barbarian team captains – International Fixtures

To 1999	Apr 1915: Edgar Mobbs (vs. Wal) Jan 1948: Haydn Tanner (vs. Aus) Jan 1952: Jimmy Nelson (vs. SA) Feb 1954: Rex Willis (vs. NZ) Feb 1958: Cliff Morgan (vs. Aus) May 1958: Jim Greenwood (vs. East Africa) Feb 1961: Ronnie Dawson (vs. SA) Nov 1962: Ron Jacobs (vs. Can) Feb 1964: Ronnie Dawson (vs. NZ) Jan 1967: Noel Murphy (vs. Aus) Dec 1967: Stewart Wilson (vs. NZ) May 1969: John O'Shea (vs. Rhodesia) Jan 1970: Gareth Edwards (vs. SA) May 1970: John Spencer (vs. Sco XV) Oct 1970: Frank Laidlaw (vs. Fiji) Jan 1973: John Dawes (vs. NZ) Nov 1974: Willie John McBride (vs. NZ) Jan 1976: Mervyn Davies (vs. Aus) Jun 1976: Phil Bennett (vs. Can) Sep 1977: Gerald Davies (vs. Lions) Dec 1978: Derek Quinnell (vs. NZ) Jan 1982: Bill Beaumont (vs. Aus) cancelled Mar 1983: Fergus Slattery (vs. Sco XV) Dec 1984: Gareth Davies (vs. Aus) May 1985: Colin Deans (vs. Ita) Nov 1988: Phillip Matthews (vs. Aus) Nov 1989: David Sole (vs. NZ) Sep 1990: Nick Farr-Jones (vs. Eng) Oct 1990: Nick Farr-Jones (vs. Wales) Nov 1990: Robert Jones (vs. Arg) Sep 1991: Stuart Barnes (vs. Sco) Jun 1992: Andy Robinson (vs. Rus) Nov 1992: Will Carling (vs. Aus) Dec 1993: Scott Hastings (vs. NZ) Jun 1994: Neil Edwards (vs. Zim) Dec 1994: Robert Jones (vs. SA) May 1996: Phil de Glanville (vs. Ire) Aug 1996: Gavin Hastings (vs. Sco) Aug 1996: Arran Pene (vs. Wal) Dec 1996: Rob Andrew (vs. Aus)

From 2000	May 2000: Ian Jones (vs. Ire) May 2000: Zinzan Brooke (vs. Sco) Aug 2000: Jeff Probyn (vs. Ger) Dec 2000: Lawrence Dallaglio (vs. SA) May 2001: Gary Teichmann (vs. Wal) May 2001: Tim Horan (vs. Sco) May 2001: Gary Teichmann (vs. Eng) Nov 2001: Rob Howley (vs. Aus) May 2002: Todd Blackadder (vs. Eng) May 2002: Pat Lam (vs. Wal) Jun 2002: Ian Jones (vs. Sco) May 2003: Taine Randell (vs. Eng) May 2003: Mick Galwey (vs. Sco) May 2003: Mark Connors (vs. Wal) May 2004: Taine Randell (vs. Sco) May 2004: Matt Burke (vs. Wal) May 2004: Anton Oliver (vs. Eng) Jun 2004: Rob Baxter (vs. Por) Dec 2004: Justin Marshall (vs. NZ) May 2005: David Humphreys (vs. Sco) May 2005: Corné Krige (vs. Eng) May 2006: Raphaël Ibañez (vs. Eng) May 2006: Will Greenwood (vs. Sco) Jun 2006: Bobby Skinstad (vs. Geo) May 2007: Hugh Vyvyan (vs. Tun) Jun 2007: Hugh Vyvyan (vs. Esp) Dec 2007: Mark Regan (vs. SA) May 2008: Mark Regan (vs. Bel) May 2008: Morgan Turinui (vs. Ire) Jun 2008: Mark Regan (vs. Eng) Dec 2008: John Smit (vs. Aus) May 2009: Martin Corry (vs. Eng) Jun 2009: Phil Waugh (vs. Aus) Dec 2009: Victor Matfield (vs. NZ) May 2010: Xavier Rush (vs. Eng) Jun 2010: Xavier Rush (vs. Ire) Dec 2010: Matt Giteau (vs. SA) May 2011: Sergio Parisse (vs. Eng) Jun 2011: Sergio Parisse (vs. Wal) Nov 2011: Victor Matfield (vs. Aus) May 2012: John Smit (vs. Eng) May 2012: Mick O'Driscoll (vs. Ire) Jun 2012: John Smit (vs. Wal) May 2013: Mike Tindall (vs. Eng) Jun 2013: Sergio Parisse (vs. Lions) Jun 2014: Juan Manuel Leguizamón (vs. Eng) Nov 2014: Alastair Kellock (vs. Aus) May 2015: Shane Jennings (vs. Ire) Jun 2015: Brad Thorn (vs Eng) Aug 2015: Bakkies Botha (vs Sam) Nov 2015: Victor Matfield (vs. Arg)

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