Richard Baxter (born 23 June 1978) is a retired

Rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

player who played his entire professional career for his local club,

Exeter Chiefs Exeter Chiefs (officially Exeter Rugby Club) is an England, English professional rugby union club based in Exeter, Devon. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1871 and since 2006 has played i ...

in the

RFU Championship The RFU Championship is an English rugby union competition comprising twelve clubs. It is the second level of men's English rugby and is played by both professional and semi-professional players. The competition has existed since 1987, when Eng ...

and

Aviva Premiership Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is an English professional rugby union competition, consisting of 10 clubs, and is the top division of the English rugby u ...

. He made his first team debut for

against Fylde on 11 October 1997. His position of choice is Number 8. He announced his retirement on 2 May 2013 after playing 16 seasons, 431 games and 126 tries for Exeter. Richard is the younger brother of Chiefs coach

Rob Baxter Robert Edward John Baxter (born 10 March 1971) is the Director of Rugby of English Premiership rugby team Exeter Chiefs. He previously played for the club for 14 years, 10 of them as captain. Baxter has also both captained and coached the Ba ...

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Exeter Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baxter, Richard 1978 births Living people English rugby union players Exeter Chiefs players Rugby union number eights Rugby union players from Exeter