The euphoria following Bath’s comprehensive, if unexpected defeat of Exeter 2 weekends ago sparked contrasting reactions. For optimists, perhaps influenced as much by the return of matchday sunshine as the performance, this was the day it all came together. The future is bright. Those whose glasses are perpetually half empty to dry will counter that Chiefs shot themselves in the foot, Bath butchered a simple overlap when in command and there are no easy fixtures at the season’s tail end. Could all these be true at the same time? Or was 26 March really a turning point?
