{"id":179729,"date":"2025-06-13T00:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T00:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/179729\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T00:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T00:31:10","slug":"exeter-chiefs-confirms-17-new-signings-in-new-look-squad-for-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/179729\/","title":{"rendered":"Exeter Chiefs confirms 17 new signings in &#8216;new-look squad&#8217; for next season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Exeter Chiefs have officially lifted the lid on their squad for the 2025\/26 campaign \u2013 and it\u2019s packed with a powerful blend of international class, homegrown grit and proven Premiership talent.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel\/AbYd2l05pp1bM_Ix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join RUCK\u2019s Instagram broadcast channel\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>and get the latest rugby news straight to your phone.<\/p>\n<p>After months of big signings, emotional re-signings and backroom reshuffles, Director of Rugby Rob Baxter has named the core group ready to fly the flag for the Chiefs at Sandy Park.<\/p>\n<p>In total, 17 new faces have joined the 31 previously confirmed players \u2013 and there\u2019s change behind the scenes too, with Dave Walder bolstering the coaching ranks ahead of a campaign full of promise.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd28 FORWARDS SET TO BRING THE FIRE<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs\u2019 pack is stacked with muscle, dynamism and international pedigree:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Joe Bailey<\/li>\n<li>Oscar Beckerleg<\/li>\n<li>Alfie Bell<\/li>\n<li>Kwenzo Blose<\/li>\n<li>Ethan Burger<\/li>\n<li>Richard Capstick<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Dweba<\/li>\n<li>Greg Fisilau<\/li>\n<li>Will Goodrick-Clarke<\/li>\n<li>Louie Gulley<\/li>\n<li>Julian Heaven<\/li>\n<li>Tom Hooper<\/li>\n<li>Josh Iosefa-Scott<\/li>\n<li>Kane James<\/li>\n<li>Dafydd Jenkins<\/li>\n<li>Sol Moody<\/li>\n<li>Martin Moloney<\/li>\n<li>Max Norey<\/li>\n<li>Ehren Painter<\/li>\n<li>Lewis Pearson<\/li>\n<li>Ethan Roots<\/li>\n<li>Jimmy Roots<\/li>\n<li>Scott Sio<\/li>\n<li>Christ Tshiunza<\/li>\n<li>Rusi Tuima<\/li>\n<li>Ross Vintcent<\/li>\n<li>Jack Yeandle<\/li>\n<li>Andrea Zambonin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u26a1 BACKLINE BRIMMING WITH PACE &amp; POWER<\/p>\n<p>From breakout stars to seasoned game-breakers, Exeter\u2019s backs look ready to light it up:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Will Becconsall<\/li>\n<li>Paul Brown-Bampoe<\/li>\n<li>Tom Cairns<\/li>\n<li>Charlie Chapman<\/li>\n<li>Ben Coen<\/li>\n<li>Immanuel Feyi-Waboso<\/li>\n<li>Ben Hammersley<\/li>\n<li>Will Haydon-Wood<\/li>\n<li>Josh Hodge<\/li>\n<li>Len Ikitau<\/li>\n<li>Iwan Jenkins<\/li>\n<li>Dan John<\/li>\n<li>Will Rigg<\/li>\n<li>Harvey Skinner<\/li>\n<li>Henry Slade<\/li>\n<li>Tamati Tua<\/li>\n<li>Stephen Varney<\/li>\n<li>Zack Wimbush<\/li>\n<li>Olly Woodburn<\/li>\n<li>Tommy Wyatt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With youth and experience in equal measure, the Chiefs look primed for a thrilling ride in 2025\/26.<\/p>\n<p>Bring it on. \ud83d\udca5<\/p>\n<p>EDITORS PICKS: <\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Exeter Chiefs have officially lifted the lid on their squad for the 2025\/26 campaign \u2013 and it\u2019s packed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-179729","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114673240443495223","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}