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<\/a> <\/p>\nExeter Chiefs<\/a> boss Rob Baxter has revealed that Wallaby star Tom Hooper has vowed to break the club\u2019s Bronco record after arriving back in the country early this morning from international duty.<\/p>\n Baxter said Hooper, a key performer in the Chiefs\u2019 run to the Gallagher PREM final last season, will undergo a screening with the club\u2019s medical staff and is likely to be named as a replacement for the Newcastle<\/a> Red Bulls\u2019 visit to Sandy Park this weekend.<\/p>\n Hooper returned to the West Country early after being left out of Les Kiss\u2019s squad for the two Bledisloe Cup Tests with New Zealand, a boost for the Chiefs<\/a> after they lost their opening two PREM games to Gloucester<\/a> and Bath.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s actually landed this morning. So he\u2019ll have a screen, and I will assess exactly where he is after speaking to the medical team. If he\u2019s got the opportunity to play, he\u2019ll just join in the walkthroughs of stuff this afternoon,\u201d Baxter said.<\/p>\n \u201cHe will get up to speed, have a couple of good days, rest and recovery, and he\u2019ll train fully on Friday, which will be our shortest training day, with the team run.<\/p>\n \u201cIf we involve him, it\u2019s almost certainly going to be from a bench situation.<\/p>\n Baxter added: \u201cHe\u2019s come over ready to go. You know, he\u2019s had time off in Australia. It isn\u2019t like he played against South Africa<\/a> on Sunday, and he\u2019s just got straight on a plane, and now we\u2019re expecting him to play.<\/p>\n