Charlie Chapman signs with Exeter Chiefs for 2025/26

Exeter Chiefs have confirmed the signing of scrum-half Charlie Chapman, who will join the club ahead of the 2025/26 season.

The 24-year-old will arrive from Gloucester Rugby, where he has been a standout figure since making his senior debut in 2018.

Chapman came through the Gloucester academy and has accumulated 57 appearances and 55 points during his time with the Cherry and Whites.

Standing at 1.75 meters and weighing 80 kilograms, Chapman also has international experience at age-grade level, having represented Scotland U20 nine times in 2018, scoring 43 points.

His move to Exeter marks the next step in a steadily growing career.

“I’m extremely excited to join Exeter Chiefs,” Chapman said.

“Chiefs are a team with a rich history of success, and they have an extremely passionate fan base. I can’t wait to be a part of it.”

Exeter Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter is pleased to have Chapman joining the squad.

“We’re really pleased to have pinned down a second scrum half signing. It was an area of our squad that we wanted to strengthen and create more competition at within the side.

“Charlie has got a lot of experience in the Premiership already but is also a guy that’s looking for a new challenge and wants to look to potentially win things in the future.

“He’s someone we’ve looked at closely. He’s got great physical attributes – great pace, very high fitness – so we think he could be very good at adding tempo and speed to what we’re wanting to do and how we want to play in attack.

“He’s a guy with great character, so we’re really looking forward to working with him.

“There are some things we’re going to do moving forward to create a fresh start. With Rob Hunter as new head coach and a new coach coming in, we feel bringing in players to add to our existing squad competition and add to how we want to play will be great additions for us.”