Exeter back John agrees new contract

Dan John represented Wales at Under-20s, U19s and U18s level

Exeter back Dan John has agreed a new contract with the Premiership club.

The 23-year-old former Wales youth international has played 19 times for the Chiefs in all competitions.

John, who is the son of former Wales scrum-half Paul, has also spent time on dual registration at Championship side Cornish Pirates.

Injuries have restricted John to just two appearances this season - one in the league and one in the Premiership Rugby Cup.

"Dan really started to impress towards the tail end of last season," Exeter director of rugby Rob Baxter told BBC Sport.

"When we've been looking to introduce him into the team and him having opportunities he's actually picked up a couple of niggling injuries over the course of the season.

"He's still a guy we see fitting into our back three, he gives us some strength in depth there going forward.

"He's a young player who we feel is still improving, so all of those things are good indicators for us that it would be good to keep him around,

"I think he becomes EQP (an English-qualified player) at some stage this season as well, which is obviously another benefit to us, so there's lots of reasons for us to keep working with him and for him to be an ambitious part of plans going forward."