Exeter’s Ireland hooker Cliodhna Moloney has extended her contract for the 2025-26 Premiership Women’s Rugby season. The 31-year-old moved to Sandy Park in 2022 after Wasps’ women’s side disbanded and has gone on to score 24 tries for the Devon side. She was recalled to the Ireland squad this year and played in all five...
Canada hooker Emily Tuttosi has signed a new deal with Exeter Chiefs for the 2025-26 Premiership Women’s Rugby season. The 29-year-old has been at Sandy Park since the club was formed in 2020 and has scored 29 tries in 74 appearances. Tuttosi is currently representing Canada in the Pacific Four Series and was part of...
Exeter Chiefs club captain Jack Yeandle has signed a new contract to stay with the Premiership side. The 35-year-old hooker, who is the club’s longest-serving player, has scored 34 tries in more than 300 appearances. The Devon-born forward joined Exeter from Doncaster in June 2012 and has been part of the sides that have won...
Long-serving Exeter hooker Jack Yeandle is close to signing a new deal at the Premiership side. The 35-year-old is out of contract in the summer but Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter says he is nearing an agreement to extend Yeandle’s stay into a 14th season. The Exeter-born forward has played more than 300 games...
Exeter have signed hooker Sofia Bekir Fuente for the 2025-26 Premiership Women’s Rugby season. The 24-year-old was born in Spain and also qualifies to play for England and Australia. Having been a rower and water polo player, Bekir Fuente took up rugby four years ago and made her way into the Western Force squad from...
Australian hooker Julian Heaven will join Premiership side Exeter in the summer. The 24-year-old arrives from Super Rugby’s New South Wales Waratahs having come up through the academy at French side Lyon. Heaven is the second Australian player to seal a summer move to Sandy Park after back-row Tom Hooper agreed to join for next...
Edinburgh head coach Sean Everitt has revealed the club are trying to sign Scotland hooker Dylan Richardson. The 26-year-old, who has six caps, has spent his entire club career with Sharks in South Africa and can also play in the back row. After reports emerged earlier this week touting the possibility of a move, Everitt...
Ospreys have signed Gloucester hooker George McGuigan on a short-term deal as cover after losing Lewis Lloyd to injury. McGuigan, 31, has a reputation as a strong ball carrier with more than 50 tries in top competitions. He joined Gloucester from Newcastle in 2022, but injuries have disrupted his progress in the last 12 months....
Jack Innard will be a “great addition” to Gloucester next season, says director of rugby George Skivington after he confirmed the hooker’s signing from Exeter. Cornwall-born Innard came through the Chiefs’ academy and has made 83 appearances for the club since his debut in 2013. The 29-year-old forward has played 12 matches for Exeter this...
Leeds Rhinos hooker Andy Ackers has been ruled out for three months with a hamstring tear. Ackers picked up the injury in Leeds’ Challenge Cup defeat by St Helens on Friday. The 31-year-old does not require surgery but recuperation from the injury will take up to 12 weeks. Ackers joins co-captain Cameron Smith and Maika...
Forward Harry Thacker and scrum-half Kieron Marmion have both signed new contracts with Bristol Bears. The Premiership club have not confirmed the lengths of either contract. Thacker, 31, joined Bristol in 2018 and has scored 60 tries in 127 matches – more than any other forward for the club. Bristol director of rugby Pat Lam...