Aviva Premiership
Exeter bring back Patrick Phibbs
ESPN Staff
September 23, 2014
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Exeter have re-signed scrum-half Patrick Phibbs as injury cover for Dave Lewis and Haydn Thomas.

Phibbs played for Exeter three years ago and has since had spells with Leicester and London Irish. He has been back at Sandy Park on trial and has been rewarded with a short-term deal.

"He's a good player, he's someone we like and we've seen him before so we're quite comfortable to get him down here," Baxter said of Phibbs. "He's very aware he hasn't played that much recently so we have to get him up to speed and give him opportunities in training and the A League and see how he goes.

"If he goes well enough he'll get game time, or if things like this happen and injuries occur he'll be in contention. It's good that we got him down when we did and it's given us a bit of cover for a second injury, which we were hoping wouldn't happen. Pat's training really well, we've not had any fitness issues with him so it looks like a good move to have him down here."

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