{"id":421082,"date":"2026-02-12T03:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T03:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/421082\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T03:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T03:44:09","slug":"rob-baxter-reminds-paul-brown-bampoe-of-reality-after-recent-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/421082\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Baxter reminds Paul Brown-Bampoe of ‘reality’ after recent setback"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Paul Brown-Bampoe returned to the Exeter Chiefs<\/a> scoresheet last weekend to put the disappointment of missing out on England<\/a> A\u2019s eight-try rout of Ireland<\/a> in Thomond Park, Limerick.<\/p>\n

England boss Mark Mapletoft opted for the experience of full internationals Cadan Murley<\/a> and Ollie Hassell-Collins<\/a>, and the 23-year-old from Croydon was sent back to the Chiefs<\/a> to play in the PREM Cup.<\/p>\n

Brown-Bampoe, who has England ambitions, took his tally to four tries in 12 this season, in the Chiefs\u2019 46-35 victory over Bristol<\/a> Bears, and Chiefs boss Rob Baxter says that he needs to be patient because he believes his time will come.<\/p>\n

He points out that it was less than two years ago that Brown-Bampoe, who scored 21 tries in 23 games last season and has a master\u2019s in finance, was working 18 hours a day as an intern at an investment bank, and was playing university rugby.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe strength and depth of England\u2019s back three at the moment is incredible. Murley dropping down from the senior side, that takes away a spot, wasn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

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Scotland <\/p>\n

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England <\/p>\n

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\u201cI think he does (need to be patient) because the reality is it\u2019s only a couple of years ago, he was playing uni rugby. You know, his rise to where he is has been incredibly quick.<\/p>\n

\u201cPaul\u2019s not someone who\u2019s come through an academy and gone through England\u2019s age groups and had that time of development. His development has happened incredibly quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd, you know, I think he\u2019s done fantastically well. And being considered for England squads at this stage is incredible. I think he\u2019s a very hard worker, very diligent, and he just has to get his head down and keep working hard.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a little bit like with Henry (Slade). If you\u2019re a good player and in a good team, that\u2019s towards the right end of the Gallagher PREM, then opportunities tend to come along.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that\u2019s what we\u2019ve got to keep working for to help Paul get more recognition,\u201d the Chiefs director of rugby told RugbyPass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paul Brown-Bampoe returned to the Exeter Chiefs scoresheet last weekend to put the disappointment of missing out on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-421082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}