Aviva Premiership Rugby Football Union club the Exeter Chiefs have confirmed that senior first team members Ben Moon, Carl Rimmer and Kai Horstmann have all agreed new contracts with the club that will see them spend the foreseeable future with the Sandy Park based outfit.
Props Moon and Rimmer have already agreed their new contracts while forward Horstmann has already put pen to paper on a new one year deal at the club. And head coach Rob Baxter was visibly delighted at being able to secure the futures of three of his most important members of the first team.
All three players played a huge part in taking the Chiefs to the top five of the Aviva Premiership and also their pool topping exploits in both the Anglo – Welsh Cup and in Europe. Baxter was speaking to the club website after the news was announced and he said that signing Moon and Rimmer to extensions is an indication of well the Exeter Chiefs have done this season.
He added that over the course of the season, these players looked to him as if they had matured and developed brilliantly and he can feel proud of that. He mentioned that as props, neither are too old and they are coming into regular Premiership rugby for the first time in their careers and he feels they have done well indeed.
Speaking about Horstmann, the Exeter Chiefs boss said that he is one of the most talented players and one of those guys that every squad would love to have. He is very professional, trains very hard and has been of great service to the club this season and the one before.
Baxter said that he is very pleased that all three have pledged their futures to the club and they will look to build on it.