Rob Baxter steels Exeter for ultimate peak after 10-year journey to the top | Robert Kitson

Momentum is with Exeter after their win over Toulouse but they know they can take nothing for granted against RacingIt will soon be the 10th anniversary of Exeter’s inaugural trip to France to play the first European away fixture in their history. They still talk about that October weekend with particular fondness, as much for a feisty 34-19 Challenge Cup victory over Bourgoin as the epic post-match party that followed, and a similar sense of wide-eyed excitement is now evident a decade on.You could see it etched all over the faces of Joe Simmonds, his brother Sam and all the other Exeter play…