Exeter bosses They are doing everything possible to agree a new contract with England outer center Henry Sladewho was recently one of 17 players awarded a hybrid contract by the RFU.

Plymouth-born Slade, 31, a former Plymouth College student, began his career on a double billing between Plymouth Albion and the Chiefs and has been linked with a move to French Stadium before signing a new agreement.

A double Premiership and Champions Cup winner in 2020 who played 227 games for the club has signed a one-year contract with the option of another year, but the club wants him to sign a new long-term contract.

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He scarlets are interested in a move for the Italian international scrum-half Stephen Varneywho recently left the Premiership team gloucester to make a move towards 14 best Vannes fighters.

Varney made his first appearance of the season after debuting for the Breton team when he came off the bench in the defeat against Perpignan last weekend and has a contract until the end of the season.

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But his stay in France could be short-lived as the Scarlets are very interested in signing 23-year-old West Walian, who qualifies for the Azzurri through his Italian mother, Valeria, but has never played club rugby in his country native.

Sale sharks They have closed a deal that you will see harlequins bitch Nathan JibuluHe will move to Northwestern when his contract expires at the end of the season.

RugbyPass reported last Sunday that the Sharks were close to surpassing Exeter Chiefs who also failed to attract Gloucester’s Seb Blake in the race to sign Wimbledon College-educated former England under-20 ace Jibulu.

Jibulu, 21, will move to the Sharks, where he will likely replace former Saracens, Leinster and Connacht ace Tadgh McElroy It is also destined to end any hope Jack Walker He had to leave Twickenham Stoop to compete in the Top 14 in France.

Toulon is now looking at other options in the center after failing in an ambitious attempt to attract Ireland and lions center Robbie Henshaw to the Côte d’Azur when his contract expires at the end of the season.

Henshaw’s CV has been circulating around a number of Top 14 teams, but it looks like he will stay at Leinster, where he has called home since leaving Connacht eight years ago.

The 31-year-old, who has won 74 caps, is closing in on 100 appearances for Leo Cullen’s side. He made his first appearance of the season in the recent win over the Lions after recovering from an injury suffered in the summer.

Toulouse are willing to take advantage of a clause in the contract of a highly valued player Mathis Ferte who can play almost anywhere on the baseline.

Rugby Prime report that Ferté, who has only not played in the fly half or in the central interior for Pro D2 promotion hunters Brive He recently took a guided tour of the Toulouse facilities.

The French under-20 international is under contract until 2028 but has a clause that will allow him to leave if Brive, currently fifth in the Pro D2 table, fail to gain promotion to the Top 14 at the end of the season.

Joe Hawkins may not be the only departure for Exeter Chiefs on the other side of the Severn Bridge, as the Welsh regions are stepping up their attempts to sign Welsh-rated center Zack Wimbush.

Warren Gatland wants to choose Wimbush, born in Hong Kong, who is also a target of the England coach Steve Borthwick but you need him to play in one of the regions of Wales to include him in your team.

Rob Baxter is interested in keeping the 6’6, 112kg 21-year-old at Sandy Park beyond the end of the season, but knows it depends on where the player sees his international future, which could be resolved in the very near future. .

The Leicester Tigers have reached an agreement that will see Newcastle The Hawks and the Whore of England Jamie Blamire He moves to Welford Road at the end of the season to replace Puma star Julian Montoya, who heads to Pau.

Blamire, 26, from Seaton in Cumbria, made 99 appearances for the Falcons and won the last of his seven England caps in the summer series defeat at the hands of Welsh before the World Cup.

Tigers boss Michael Cheika is also looking for a fly-half and we reported on Friday that he is interested in leinster and Irish ace Ross Bryne and also landed a big name at No. 8 on his shopping list for next season.

Former England scrum-half Raffi Quirke is postponing a decision on his future until the New Year, when he hopes to have returned to action.

Quirke, 23, is out of contract at the end of the season and has been linked with a move to Harlequins, but has not played this season after undergoing surgery on a wrist injury earlier in the season.

But now he has passed the ball again in training and hopes to return to the field next month, which is when he will start to think about where he will play next season.

Gloucester are believed to have failed in their bid to attract the two-time England winger Ollie Hassell-Collins who is in the last year of his contract far from leicester “Tigers to Kingsholm next season”.

Fissler Confidential Sources tell us that the first london irish star who won his last international match against Italy in 2023 Six Nations The Cherry trees and the Whites made an offer.

But they were unable to match the offer on the table from the Tigers who signed Reading-born Hassell-Collins, 25, from the Exiles ahead of the start of the 2023-2024 campaign, who looks set to stay in the East Midlands.

Ancient legend of cross codes sailor wendell has landed himself in legal trouble after an alleged fight at a Sydney bar, Pappy’s, which led to him receiving five charges from New South Wales Police.

Sailor, 50, who played 37 times for the Wallabies, will face court at the end of the month to answer two charges of common assault, offensive behaviour, intimidating a person with intent to cause fear and failing to leave a place. authorized.

The daily telegraph in Sydney reports that Sailor was arrested after staff called the police after he refused to leave after a four-hour drinking session.