{"id":40607,"date":"2026-03-31T03:38:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/prem-talking-points-leicester-bust-up-saracens-defeat-and-exeter-imports\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:38:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:38:30","slug":"prem-talking-points-leicester-bust-up-saracens-defeat-and-exeter-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/prem-talking-points-leicester-bust-up-saracens-defeat-and-exeter-imports\/","title":{"rendered":"Prem talking points: Leicester bust-up, Saracens defeat and Exeter imports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Apparently Dean Mumm is Exeter&#8217;s unofficial ambassador Down Under.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The former Australia second row spent three seasons at Sandy Park, extending his deal year-on-year as he was enjoying life in Devon so much.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">When he returned to the New South Wales Waratahs in 2015, word spread that if you were a Wallaby looking to make the hop into the Prem then the sun and sea of the South West were a good bet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Since then, Nic White, Lachlan Turner, Scott Sio and Len Ikitau have arrived at Exeter, but Tom Hooper is already up there among the best Australian imports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A nuggety, niggly back row with bags of energy, he had another superb game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/cwyw362x3l6o\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">against Newcastle.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 24-year-old has said he is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/cwyrpey9z0po\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">open to prolonging his own stay.<\/a> It would not be a tough negotiation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Given the Chiefs, fourth in the table, have a seven-point cushion over fifth-placed Bristol, this campaign at least looks like being longer than Hooper might have expected when he signed on in the summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Campbell Ridl was a lower-key arrival in the Prem. The 21-year-old was born in Tooting in London, but relocated to his parents&#8217; native South Africa as a young boy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He came back to the UK partly to study at Exeter University, but an injury to Immanuel Feyi-Waboso has given him a chance to show off his rangy running and hot-stepping ability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ridl has opted to represent England at under-20 level and, at 6ft 5in, has qualities that will have been noted by senior selectors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/c393jrml9eno?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently Dean Mumm is Exeter&#8217;s unofficial ambassador Down Under. The former Australia second row spent three seasons at Sandy Park, extending his deal year-on-year as he was enjoying life in Devon so much. When he returned to the New South Wales Waratahs in 2015, word spread that if you were a Wallaby looking to make [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40607"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40609,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40607\/revisions\/40609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}