Baxter reeling from 'baffling' Exeter performance

Exeter leader Rob Baxter says he will meet pinch his players to talk immoderate of their "baffling" decisions during nan 17-14 nonaccomplishment to Leicester.

The Chiefs conceded a last-second effort to suffer their Premiership opener during a disjointed location performance.

"Hopefully a fewer of nan guys will clasp their hands up and opportunity 'this is what happened, this is what was going connected successful nan field'," Baxter said.

"The reality is you perceive connected nan ref mic and you don't cognize half of what's going connected and half of what's being said - you're catching snippets of it, but immoderate of it was somewhat baffling to me.

"Some of that will beryllium america having to springiness much guidance, but nan reality is erstwhile you group a scheme you person to determine to travel things, and really astatine times we almost decided not to, that's what it seemed like."

Exeter grounded to people successful nan first half arsenic they conceded a driblet extremity pinch nan last footwear of nan period.

They improved aft nan break and led 14-10 against 14 men aft Solomone Kata was sent off.

But erstwhile Will Haydon-Wood was sin-binned precocious on, Leicester took their chance to grounds a first triumph nether caller leader Michael Cheika.

"The metallic lining of coming is if we'd person seen that crippled off, which we could person done - opportunity Leicester propulsion that past line-out successful not straight, I'd astir apt beryllium going 'we showed a batch of characteristic to triumph nan game'," Baxter added.

"But nan reality is Monday morning's gathering would person to beryllium conscionable arsenic reliable connected immoderate of nan decision-making we made.

"The reality is this is simply a slap successful nan look and you person to judge it successful that meeting.

"Our beingness stats will beryllium good, we've thrown a batch of beingness power into nan game.

"But 9 times retired of 10 we disobeyed our ain power by nan measurement we played and immoderate of nan decisions we made and immoderate of their deficiency of communication."