Exeter Chiefs boss Rob Baxter faces an issue with no less than two of his three front-line hookers trying set to depart Sandy Park when their contracts run out on the finish of the season.
There are indicators that they could possibly be joined by a 3rd, which may throw his recruitment plans into complete disarray and power a dramatic rethink as golf equipment begin to step up their switch plans after the Christmas and New 12 months interval.
Ex-Cornish Pirates and Wasps man Dan Frost is about to turn out to be the primary participant out of the exit door after we perceive he has agreed to rejoin one other of his former golf equipment, Tub, subsequent season.
Taunton-born Frost, 27, has began 12 of his 13 appearances this season, scoring 5 tries moved to Devon in October 2022 when Wasps have been liquidated initially on a short-term contract earlier than signing a two-year deal.
He could possibly be adopted out of the membership by Jack Innard, who’s Welsh-qualified and is on Warren Gatland’s radar for a shock call-up for the Six Nations marketing campaign which will get underway on the finish of the month.
Truro-born former England under-20 worldwide, 29, who scored two tries within the 2018 Anglo-Welsh Cup win over Tub, joined the Chiefs in 2013 and had mortgage spells at Launceston, Cornish Pirates and Plymouth Albion.
He has made ten appearances for the Chiefs this season, all off the bench, together with yesterday’s 28-15 defeat to Leicester Tigers. He additionally scored one strive in opposition to the Pirates within the Premiership Cup.
Innard had been eager on a transfer to Japan however is being checked out by Welsh areas inspired by Gatland, who’s leaving no stone unturned to try to flip round final yr’s disastrous type.
It’s understood that long-serving Exeter-born membership skipper Jack Yeandle, who was signed from Doncaster Knights 13 years in the past and celebrated his thirty fifth birthday earlier than Christmas, is but to be supplied a deal for subsequent season.
