Rob Baxter has been seeking to strengthen his frontrow choices forward of the 2025/26 season
Exeter Chiefs are set so as to add one other potential diamond within the tough to their ahead pack forward of a pre-season getting underway early subsequent month, following stories that director of rugby Rob Baxter has added a Georgian tighthead prop to his squad.
Chiefs are understood to have now accomplished a deal to signal Black Lion and Georgia worldwide Bachuki Tchumbadze on a two-year deal, with Baxter in want of reinforcements within the specialist place with tighthead Ehren Painter nonetheless on an extended street to restoration following a severe ACL damage final season. That leaves Josh Iosefa-Scott and Jimmy Roots to shoulder a lot of the workload within the first half of subsequent season, with Marcus Road having joined Saracens this summer season, having been provided an extended contract on the StoneX Stadium that was on the desk at Chiefs.
RugbyPass stories a deal has been carried out to carry 23-year-old Tchumbadze to Sandy Park, making him the second Georgian to play for the membership after a profitable, if transient, stint from Nika Abuladze, who made 13 appearances earlier than transferring to Montpellier.
Tchumbadze, who stands at 6ft tall and weights in at 19 stone, made his Rugby Europe Championship debut for Georgia in a 40–7 win over the Netherlands in February. He performed in 4 of Black Lions’ EPCR Problem Cup pool stage video games through the 2024/25 season, together with a win over French Prime 14 facet Vannes.
In different information, Exeter have confirmed they may proceed preparations for the 2025/26 season with a pre-season pleasant in opposition to Championship facet Coventry Rugby at Butts Park Area on Saturday, September 20.
Tickets can be out there to buy on the Coventry Rugby web site (3pm kick-off).
