{"id":679537,"date":"2026-07-08T01:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T01:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/679537\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T01:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T01:34:08","slug":"tom-hooper-exeter-chiefs-flanker-extends-contract-before-australia-return-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/679537\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hooper: Exeter Chiefs flanker extends contract before Australia return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia flanker Tom Hooper has extended his contract at Exeter until the summer of 2028, but will then return to Australia.<\/p>\n

Under the deal, the 25-year-old will join the Queensland Reds before the start of the 2029 Super Rugby Pacific season. <\/p>\n

The deal will keep him in his homeland until 2030. <\/p>\n

Hooper has enjoyed an impressive first season in England, helping the Chiefs reach the Prem final after finishing third in the league.<\/p>\n

He was also part of the side that reached the semi-finals of the European Challenge Cup, where Exeter were beaten at Ulster.<\/p>\n

Hooper was already contracted to the Sandy Park club until the end of the 2026-27 season, but told BBC Sport in March that he was open to staying longer.<\/a><\/p>\n

“I’m really happy to have my long-term future secured with a move back to Australia in the not-too-distant future,\u201d Hooper said. <\/p>\n

“I’m thoroughly enjoying my time in Exeter and am focused on continuing to improve my game there before returning to Australia and linking up with Queensland.<\/p>\n

“In the short-term, my priority is to continue working hard with the Wallabies where I’m incredibly hungry to contribute on and off the field as we continue to build our game as a group.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia flanker Tom Hooper has extended his contract at Exeter until the summer of 2028, but will then…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-679537","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\/679537","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=679537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}