Baxter has also been boosted by the news that the shoulder injury sustained by Australia forward Tom Hooper in Saturday’s defeat at Bristol is not serious.
Hooper came off shortly before half-time against the Bears having fractured his scapula over the summer.
But the 25-year-old could be available for the Harlequins match and will be fit to play for the Wallabies next month – Australia will play England, Scotland and Wales in the Nations Championship.
“I think our prognosis at this stage is that it’s been a bang, a hard bang on that fracture site that has created a pain and a numbness and a lack of mobility for hopefully for a restricted period and that we can assess him day by day now,” said Baxter.
“But the one thing that’s really important is there’s been no catastrophic injury there, so we’ll monitor him day by day and we’ll see what we can get to by the end of the week.”
