Exeter Chiefs bolster forward options
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Strength in depth in the attritional role of hooker was Rob Baxter’s reasoning for signing hooker Shaun Malton.
The 25-year-old will arrive from Championship side Nottingham over the summer on a two-year deal to bolster the competition for the No.
2 shirt.
“Greg Bateman is moving away and one thing we have learnt from our time in the Premiership – although we have been relatively lucky this year with the amount of hooker injuries we have had – is that we normally go through four or five through the course of a season,” Baxter explained.
“Probably the biggest indicator of that was the seas…
The 25-year-old will arrive from Championship side Nottingham over the summer on a two-year deal to bolster the competition for the No.
2 shirt.
“Greg Bateman is moving away and one thing we have learnt from our time in the Premiership – although we have been relatively lucky this year with the amount of hooker injuries we have had – is that we normally go through four or five through the course of a season,” Baxter explained.
“Probably the biggest indicator of that was the seas…