{"id":352456,"date":"2011-03-31T10:01:37","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T10:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/31\/exeter-sign-samoan-centre-tatupu\/"},"modified":"2011-03-31T10:01:37","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T10:01:37","slug":"exeter-sign-samoan-centre-tatupu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/exeter-sign-samoan-centre-tatupu\/","title":{"rendered":"Exeter sign Samoan centre Tatupu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"67.596363636364\">\n<div readability=\"65\">\n                    <span><br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/71872fd5atupu_getty.jpg.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" alt=\"Josh Tatupu\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    Tatupu has one international cap for Samoa<br \/>\n  <\/span><br \/>\n<!-- Empty - Wide embedded hyper -->                      <\/p>\n<p>Exeter Chiefs have made their fourth signing ahead of next season by snapping up Samoa international centre Josh Tatupu.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old will leave French Top 14 side Castres at the end of the current campaign for a two-year spell at Sandy Park.<\/p>\n<p>Tatupu said: &#8220;I&#8217;m really excited about this move and cannot wait to get over to Exeter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been over and had a good look at the set-up, which is great.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tatupu, who started his career playing for Australian Rugby League side Melbourne Storm, has also played for Western Force in the Super 14 and Otago in New Zealand&#8217;s domestic National Provincial Championship.<\/p>\n<p>He will join fellow newcomers prop Craig Mitchell, fly-half Myles Dorrian and scrum-half Kevin Barrett at the Devon outfit next term.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll be honest I didn&#8217;t know too much about Exeter before the move, but I know they&#8217;ve had a great season this year and that they are looking to build on that for next season,&#8221; Tatupu added.<\/p>\n<p>Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter said: &#8220;Josh has got a lot of assets that modern backs need.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s strong, very quick and has an interesting background having played both rugby league and union.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He can play centre or on the wing, so he kind of fits very nicely in what we have here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/71872fd5atupu_getty.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/12919519.stm\" title=\"Exeter sign Samoan centre Tatupu\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exeter sign Samoan centre Tatupu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Tatupu has one international cap for Samoa Exeter Chiefs have made their fourth signing ahead of next season by snapping up Samoa international centre Josh Tatupu. 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