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Exeter boss Rob Baxter says there is no rush All black people center Dallas McLeod ua Bosses shirt and that he will miss the trip on Friday night to the PREM Rugby Cup Sale Sharks.
McLeod arrived in Devon two weeks ago after helping out Canterbury beat Northland in the NPC final, but Baxter says they want to give him a decent break after back-to-back campaigns in Super Rugby and New Zealand’s domestic competition.
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“We’ve got a few more weeks. There’s no big rush to get Dallas involved this week. He had a lot of minutes and high involvement in the game before he came in.”
“We want to give him time to freshen up and recover and learn what we’re doing and get fully involved in training. So I don’t think there’s any rush to get him involved this week.”
“But I think we’re probably looking at next week to get him into the game and then we would expect that to speed up the process of getting him into the game further,” he said.
One player likely to feature for Salford is Carwyn Tuipulotu, who scored a try on his Chiefs debut in the PREM Cup defeat to Bath last weekend, and Baxter was delighted with his performance.
“Honestly, I thought he was one of the bright spots for us, really. He handled himself particularly well and moved around the court very well, considering it’s his first game in quite a while.”
“Obviously, you can see where his strength is. He’s a real destructive, powerful carrier and will again benefit from further involvement this weekend. It certainly increases our options in the back row,” he added.
