Exeter have secured a summer signing in the form of Ealing’s prop, Jimmy Roots. The 24-year-old tight-head, sibling to Exeter’s England star Ethan, boasts a rugby pedigree, having represented New Zealand at the Under-20s level.
Roots made his mark with North Harbour in the New Zealand National Provincial Championship before making his move to English Championship outfit Ealing in 2021.
“He looks like a guy with huge potential and a passion for the sport,” Exeter boss Rob Baxter said.
“He’s got a lot of things to work on, he’s a young tight-head prop, but when I watch him play he likes to play rugby, he likes to run into people in attack and defence.
“Sometimes it can be that simple, guys who just want to get out and play rugby and run around and get on with things, that often can be your big quality, that can be your defining quality to becoming a good player.
“At the end of the day what you have to do is get on a training field and train hard and then you have to go on a rugby field and play hard and I think that’s what Jimmy will do.”
AI predicts every Rugby World Cup winner until the year 2063 with crazy results
Artificial Intelligence has predicted every Men’s Rugby World Cup until the year 2063 and the results are crazy.
AI has predicted England to win three Webb Ellis Cup’s with triumphs for New Zealand and South Africa also predicted.
They’ve also predicted a first Rugby World Cup triumph for Ireland, though many fans today won’t be around to see it.
Check out the next 10 Rugby World Cup winner’s below.
2027: New Zealand
2031: England
