CONFIRMED: Bok hooker signs for Premiership club
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TRANSFER NEWS: English club Exeter Chiefs confirmed that Springbok hooker Joseph Dweba will make the move to Sandy Park ahead of the 2025/2026 seaosn.
Dweba will join the club from the Stormers, who he has been with since signing in 2022.
"I'm looking forward to becoming an Exeter Chief," the hooker said.
"I signed for the club because I believe it gives me the chance to be a part of something special that is about to happen in the coming seasons."
The 29-year-old hooker will join Chiefs with the experience of a handful of Springbok caps since his debut in August 2021 against Argentina.
Born in Carletonville, South Africa, Dweba first picked up a rugby ball while playing touch rugby with his friends which proved to be the catalyst for his love of the sport.
Since those early days, Dweba has experienced the highs of Northern and Southern Hemisphere rugby. Before returning to his country of birth with the Stormers, the hooker played two years in the French Top 14 with Bordeaux Begles.
A former representative of South Africa Schools as well as the Junior Springboks, Dweba honed his craft with the Cheetahs before his move to France.
His wealth of experience is something which Chiefs Director of Rugby Rob Baxter hopes will prove to be of vital importance to the Exeter side he is building for the future.
"We're absolutely delighted to have completed the signing of Joseph for Exeter Chiefs on a long-term contract," Baxter said. "We really feel he is a player who will add a lot to the team, both at set-piece and in his work around the field.
"He's a proven international and a proven high-level rugby player. I think he's one of those guys who can really become a fan-favourite here. He's got a great personality, a bit of a larger-than-life type character.
"I think the quality of his play, the pivotal role he plays and his presence around the club will all be hugely positive for us. I really see him as a player who has a large amount of experience while still having a lot of rugby left in him.
"I think he'll really add a lot to the squad as we develop and move forward over the coming seasons.
"He's a key signing for the club and I'd like to think it shows our intent to be moving forward to being a club that is featuring at the higher end of the Premiership in the future."
