Exeter Chiefs skipper Jack Yeandle can be staying for a 14th season at Sandy Park after Rob Baxter mentioned the membership stalwart has agreed to a brand new contract.
Yeandle, 35, seems set to complete his profession with the Chiefs after being sounded out by Bristol Bears, and Baxter hopes that Stu Townsend and Olly Woodburn, who gained’t play once more this season with a knee damage, will re-sign.
Baxter says that native boy Yeandle, who joined the Chiefs from Doncaster Knights in 2012, will give the Chiefs extra choices in the midst of the entrance row after the signings of Springbok Joseph Dweba and Australian Julian Heaven.
“Jack goes to remain. That’s just about a performed deal, and we’re nonetheless discussing issues with the opposite two. They’re two guys that we aren’t positively letting go, and we wish to hold them.
“They add expertise and depth to the squad that we haven’t had for the final couple of years, when we’ve got needed to deal with one competitors or one other.
“He has superb culturally in and across the membership in addition to nonetheless enjoying very nicely. He’s nearly thriving within the position of making an attempt to maintain individuals on the right track and on monitor, serving to different individuals play nicely and focus.
“He’s very pushed and targeted on enjoying and coaching on the highest stage. We have now mentioned issues like possibly doing a little part-time teaching on the college.
“Jack has mentioned that he needs to do some teaching sooner or later, however in the meanwhile, he has informed me that he needs to deal with enjoying and being a aggressive member of the squad.
“Once you have a look at coming in, Joseph Dweba and Julian Heaven, we’re actually robust in that place, and we have to get ourselves as robust as that in a few different key positions,” mentioned Baxter.
