Exeter<\/a> attack coach Dave Walder insists it is only a matter of time before Steve Borthwick takes a closer look at a player who has been in blockbusting form this season.<\/p>\n\u201cI love working with Greg. He\u2019s got everything you\u2019d want from a back-rower. He\u2019s physical, he\u2019s abrasive, very game-smart, but he\u2019s also got lovely soft skills,\u201d Walder said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s playing very well at the moment. If he keeps playing like that, I\u2019d imagine England can\u2019t ignore him, but you\u2019d have to ask them that question.\u201d<\/p>\n
With Saracen’s Tom Willis heading to Bordeaux Begles next season, making him unavilable for the international selection, there is a vacancy in the England squad for an out and out number eight, with flankers Ben Earl and Henry Pollock packing down at the back of the scrum during the Autumn internationals.<\/p>\n
Exeter finished 2024 bottom of the Prem table but signed off 2025 in second place following a remarkable transformation.<\/p>\n
Top spot was theirs for the taking, but the bonus point they needed slipped through their fingertips after the ball was spilt over the line twice in the closing moments, the first by Campbell Ridl, the second by Will Goodwick-Clarke, limiting them to three tries for the afternoon.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis morning if you\u2019d offered us a win, we\u2019d have taken it. But I think deep down we\u2019re a little bit disappointed with our accuracy and not to score ourselves an extra bonus point,\u201d Walder said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the same time that\u2019s a sign of where we\u2019ve come from and where we are at the moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not too focused on where we are in the league, it\u2019s about the process. The boys are working hard and have a great attitude and defence. We\u2019re in a really positive place.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Exeter Chiefs beat Leicester Tigers 24-10 at Sandy Park on Sunday in Round Eight of the 2025\/26 Gallagher…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,393,18194,6874,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-659859","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-england-rugby-union-team","11":"tag-exeter-chiefs","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115801923685051893","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659859","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=659859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Exeter Chiefs’ Assistant Coach Dave Walder . (Photo by Bob Bradford – CameraSport via Getty Images)<\/p>\n