Exeter Chiefs 2014/2015

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Welcome to Sandy Park

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Full Name: Exeter Chiefs Rugby Club
Founded: 1871
Location: Exeter, England
Ground: Sandy Park - Capacity: 10,744
Chairman: Tony Rowe

Director of Rugby Rugby; Fluxy

Captain: Paul O'Connell
Vice-Captain: Toby Flood

Current Budget: £0.25m
Senior Squad (40)

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Forwards (21)

Hookers

Rob Webber (England)
Sean Cronin (Ireland)
Jack Yeandle (England)
Dimitri Szarzewski (France)

Props

LH - Cian Healy (Ireland)
LH - Wyatt Crockett (New Zealand)
LH - Jefferson Poirot (France)
LH - Nic Auterac (England)
TH - Mike Ross (Ireland)
TH - James Cooper-Wooley (England)
TH - Vincent Koch (South Africa)

Locks

LK - Juandre Kruger (South Africa)
LK - Jake Ball (Wales)
LK - Lood de Jager (South Africa) 
LK - Paul O'Connell (Ireland) 
LK - Kane Douglas (Australia)
LK - James Horwill (Australia)

Backrows

OS - Luke Wallace (England)
OS/BS/8 - Steffon Armitage (England)
BS/8 - Brad Shields (New Zealand)
8/BS - Fritz Lee (New Zealand)
8/BS - CJ Stander (South Africa)

Backs (19)

Scrum Halves

SH - Connor Murray (Ireland)
SH - Chris Cook (England)
SH - Nic White (Australia)

Fly Halves

FH - Toby Flood (England)
FH - Nick Evans (New Zealand)
FH - Camille Lopez (France)
FH - Alex Lozowski (England)

Centres

IC - Ma'a Nonu (New Zealand)  
IC - Eamonn Sheridan (England)  
IC/OC - Darren Cave (Ireland)  
OC - Adam Ashley-Cooper (Australia)
OC/WG - JP Pietersen (South Africa)  
OC - Jason Emery (New Zealand) - on loan from Harlqeuins

Back Three

WG - James Lowe (New Zealand)
WG - Andrew Trimble (Ireland)
WG - Jamie Elliott (England)
WG/FB - Cory Jane (New Zealand)
WG/FB - Maxime Medard (France) 
FB/WG/CE - James O'Connor (Australia)

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Academy Squad (18/20)

HK- Scott Otten 17/07/1994 (age 21) (Wales)
HK - Camille Chat 18/12/1995 (age 19) (France)
PR - Alex Lundberg 09/12/1994 (age 20) (England)
PR - Kieran Davies 02/12/1993 (age 21) (England)
PR - Taniela Tupou 13/06/1996 (age 19) (Tonga)
PR - Jack Stanley (age 18) (England) *Playing for England U18's
LK - Glen Young 04/11/1994 (age 20) (England)
LK - Josh Caulfield 09/06/97 (age 18) (England)
LK - Joshua Goodhue 13/06/1995 (age 19) (New Zealand)
FL - Joe Edwards 21/09/1993 (age 21) (New Zealand)
FL - Sam Skinner 31/01/95 (age 20) (England)
FL - Steve Uren 11/04/1994 (age 19) (England)
FL - Matt Blandford 21/10/1995 (age 18) (England)
FL - Gus Jones 27/02/1994 (age 21) (England)
SH - Jack Maunder (age 17) (England) *Playing for England U18's
FH - Otere Black 04/05/1995 (age 20) (New Zealand) (on loan to Newcastle Falcons during the RWC)
FH - Will Hooley 28/11/1993 (age 21) (England)
CN - Sean Wainui 23/10/1995 (age 19) (New Zealand)
WG - Tom Howe 03/06/1995 (age 20) (England)
WG/FB - Liam O'Neill 09/01/1994 (age 21) (England)
FB - Mike Haley 28/06/1994 (age 21) (England)

Depends who you're interested in

I'm keen on Tui and JOC. But we don't seem to get anywhere. I see JOC as a top talent but a huge risk so not willing to let the centres you like go for him.

Olding, Sinckler, Halai, OLH, Tomane, Ahki, Hamilton, Romano, Steenkamp, Robinson, TPN, Buchanan, Braid, Dickson, Easter, could go.

Do you need Horwill involved?

If we based it on Tui/Horwill to keep it simple, what can be added?

Shields involved?

Need a bit more for him than that mate, as could get that from releasing him. He'd cost you £5m in releases so am happy to split the difference and sell you him for £3m.

I could do you Elstadt and Barnes for Fritz Lee?

Elstadt, Barnes and Freuan for Lee and £3m

Elstadt, Barnes and Freuan for Tuipulotu

No worries.

??

Mate, do you want Elstadt and Freuan for £5 million?

Trinder and Conrad in a deal involving kubs and something else?

Tempting. Any chance of including an eq/eq academy member to sweeten the deal?!

Who would you be happy to let go? I'm just concious about losing smith and feel I need a bit more tonlet him go. May not be on for a few hours.

Slight interest in yeandle/Elliott

So that would be:
Grant, kubs, Elliott
For
Smith, trinder, franks, jp.

Just feel I lose out slightly losing 3 internationals and an eq for 2 internationals and an eq. Anything else to finalise the deal?!

How about
Smith, trinder, jp
For
Grant/kubs, Elliott +?

Id happy do the deal if we looked at not including jp but I still get Elliott. If I kept jp involved what would be the odds of one of your scrum halves being included?

Add jp and de kock in for white??

Ok, rather keep treddwell but suggest other academy players, cant remember all the ones I've got but some ill look to keep hold of!
Keen on the main deal but thought we could look to bulk it out even more!! Will be tonight ill make a decision!

No worries fella

Whitelock NFS

Other two could be, would need EQ or a big gain

Tuipolotu + Haley?

Sinckler + Olding?

What would you do for just Conrad and trinder?

Ok no worries fella, just need to look at whether I keep franks instead

Lambie would need Murray, Healy, SOB involved (not all 3 lol)

Lambie + Shields + Parra + Hankin

Lopez + SOB + Murray

Franks and brown for healy/crockett possibly?!

What would we be looking at fir crockett/cronin/yeandle?

Need english for cips

Could do cips + ?

For
Tuipoloutu and Gus Jones ?

Having had a bit of a think about it, I'm struggling to see anything mate.   Was considering Haskell, but if he goes to RWC I would essentially have no back row for the start of the season.  Both Armitages will be valuable for me next season as they are available all year.

Just waiting on a deal that will free up Webber, then can start to look at something.

Kitchener/Goode I'd struggle to lose just because of the composition of squad. Maybe Haskell?

Beaumont will be on my bench so need a bench player back?

How about something like

Beaumont + Messam + Goode + Slipper
for
Healy + Haskell + ? + ?

My issue with that would just be that how my squad it means I'm leaving out what would be a very good player because I have too many in one position.

What are looking for SOB?

One of the few I can't do mate. Looking forward to rolling out the Barrett/SBW/Smith axis.

Haha....

Lozowski?

Would need a bench player EQ for Spencer, mate, currently he's vital so that I can actually meet EQ targets, can't afford to trade on him unless I get an EQ player who makes my 23

Sean O'Brien and Brad Barritt for Steffon Armitage and Ma'a Nonu

Mate, it's your call, but irrespective of age I'm offering you the best 12 in the world who post world cup will be available all year, and top class EQ also available all year.

I know you've just got them but what for Steffon & Nonu?

Not for sale at any price unfortunately

I don't want to lose brown for joc bud.

Looking at letting him go for academy unless any of your hookers are available

Which hookers are available? Could put Ellis in too so you get a young hooker to replace theme

AWJ, Elstadt, Freuan, Habana & Armitage

For 

Webber, de Jager, Wallace & JOC

Ah, I hadn't added up the EQ thing, let me have a quick re think.

Tough balancing the EQ out.  How's this grab you?


AWJ, Habana & Armitage

For 

Webber, de Jager & JOC