The 2020 European champions racked up six tries in 26 minutes to wrap up a crucial bonus-point victory – all after going 17-14 behind on 46 minutes.

“If someone had said to me before the game that something like that was going to happen, I almost wouldn’t have believed them,” he told the club website.

“People will be aware of the season we’ve had, one with plenty of ups and downs, where we’ve lacked that real consistency in our game. Even when we got two scores up in the first half, the old ghosts were there and we had a breather, which allowed them back into the game.

“The second half started in much the same vein, but then we kind of found our mojo and the decisions by the whole team helped to rekindle things for us.”

Baxter was particularly delighted to see his side’s line-outs and scrums working well.

“I think what you saw was our set-piece started to really function,” he added. “It allowed our backs to thrive and vice-versa. What you saw was some of those real Exeter qualities that we have been looking for.

“You could just see the team flourishing on one another's actions. The backs flourished on good balls from forwards; the forwards flourished on the defensive pressure put on by the backs.

“We built our way up the pitch as we have done in really good years and that is probably the highlight for me – that DNA is still there. We've just got to let it out a bit more.”

Exeter Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter hailed the return of the English club’s “real qualities” after a crushing second-half display saw off Glasgow Warriors 52-17 in Round 3 of the Heineken Champions Cup.