Exeter boss Rob Baxter feels that Greg Fisilau would adapt well to international rugby.

The uncapped 23-year-old number eight has been included in England's squad for this month's Nations Championship matches.

He has been one of the Chiefs' most consistent performers in the past few seasons and scored seven league tries last season as Exeter reached the Prem final.

"His strength is just getting out there and being involved in the game with high numbers, getting in and around the ball," Baxter told BBC Sport.

"I'm pretty certain that whatever level you picked him at you would see a very similar level of performance from Greg."

He is one of three Exeter players to have been called up to Steve Borthwick's England squad alongside Henry Slade and Immanuel Feyi-Waboso.

"It kind of keeps that real enthusiasm level that if you play well, train well, show consistency in performances that the rewards are there and they're very tangible," added Baxter.

"That's great for individual players to see, but it's great for other players at the club here to see as well that you come in, come to Exeter, perform well, play in good games - the rewards are there if your ambition is international rugby

"So all ways round it's a very important thing for us to see happen here with players at the club, especially young players."

Fisilau played twice for England's 'A' side last November - one of three Chiefs players to be picked for the development side alongside Ethan Roots and then-Exeter full-back Josh Hodge.

However, only Roots has made it to the 'A' squad for their forthcoming game with an Argentina XV on Friday.

Baxter says that selection is in part down to his side's poor start to the season.

Exeter have won just one of their first five Prem matches and sit second-bottom of the table.

"We haven't had the best start to the season, have we?" he said.

"Some other clubs have had better starts and if you're a young player at another club that's had a good start that probably means you're performing pretty well.

"I can understand why selection goes like that, because it's just like selection goes the other way when you're the team that's winning every week and you're top of the Premiership, people are looking because everybody must be playing well.

"For you to be winning lots of Premiership games you must be playing well, that means the players inside the team must be playing well and that form tends to get rewarded.

"That's why you've got to keep talking about it with your players and go 'come on, we need to be high-level players playing in a high-level team, because everybody gets rewarded then', and at the moment we're just not quite getting rewards we would like.

"We're not quite collecting the points we would like - I don't think we're far off, but this just shows you how good form does get rewarded."