Exeter Chiefs Women will bid farewell to seven players at the end of the 2025/26 season.
Among those confirmed so far will be Canadian hooker and crowd favourite Emily Tuttosi who is heading back to Canada to take on a coaching role. The 30-year-old joined Chiefs in their inaugural season. She has played 88 games for the club and scored 31 tries.
Tuttosi will be joined on the leavers’ list by former Ireland captain Edel ‘Tricky’ McMahon, who has been with the club since 2022. Operations to both knees have meant the flanker has not been able take part in the 2025/26...
Exeter Chiefs Women’s head coach Steve Salvin has joined the Wales Women’s coaching team as interim forwards coach for the 2026 Guinness Women’s Six Nations campaign.
Salvin will join a new-look Wales Women’s coaching team, alongside defence coach Tyrone Holmes, interim attack coach Ashley Beck and head coach Sean Lynn.
The former Rotherham Titans and Leeds Carnegie Academy coach was also performance pathway manager at Worcester Warriors Academy before joining Exeter Chiefs Women in 2021. He was forwards and defence coach up until the end of last season before taking...
Steve Salvin has been named as Exeter Chiefs Women’s interim head coach ahead of the 2025/26 season.
A part of an off-season of change for the women’s side, Salvin will work alongside two new appointments: backs and attack coach Oli Bishop and team manager Keith Brooking.
The club’s chairman and CEO Tony Rowe CBE said: “We have now put together a leadership team that will see us into the new season. Steve and Oli come with years of coaching experience between them, while Keith has not only served this club as a player but has also worked as one of our Academy coaches for...
Exeter Chiefs Women’s No 8 Rachel Johnson has announced her intention to retire from the club and rugby in the PWR.
The USA Eagle is committed to the Pacific Four Series (PAC4) in May and Rugby World Cup in August and September later this year but will not be returning to the English league for the 2025/26 season.
Almost an original, as she began her Chiefs career in the January of the first season in the league, Johnson has gone on to play 64 times for the club while juggling international absences at the 2021 World Cup, PAC4 and WXV tournaments.
