{"id":503296,"date":"2026-02-25T14:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/503296\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:19:08","slug":"lewis-pearson-exeter-chiefs-lock-signs-new-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/503296\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Pearson: Exeter Chiefs lock signs new contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Exeter lock Lewis Pearson has signed a new deal with the Prem club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 26-year-old has played 65 times for the Chiefs since his debut in 2018 and has established himself as one of the mainstays of the pack this season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The academy graduate played in the Premiership Rugby Cup final last season and was part of the Exeter side that played in the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup two years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He has been Exeter&#8217;s captain in their cup competitions this season, scoring four tries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;He is a local guy who, having come through the academy, has already had a relatively long career with us,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exeterchiefs.co.uk\/news\/pearson-prepares-for-ninth-season-as-a-chief\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter told the club website., external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;He&#8217;s played a lot of rugby for us, has captained the side at times, and we think he&#8217;s one of those guys who is great to have around the squad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;He&#8217;s a good player who is continually improving. I think he&#8217;s getting more and more right in his game and in his preparation. I think we&#8217;re going to see better rugby from him going forward, which is one of the most pleasing things.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Exeter lock Lewis Pearson has signed a new deal with the Prem club. The 26-year-old has played 65&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-503296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}