Wasps' Dan Frost has found himself a new Premiership club

Another out-of-work Wasps player has quickly found himself a new club as Exeter have snapped up Dan Frost, who will go with them to Gloucester for Friday night’s Gallagher Premiership game as a travelling reserve outside of the match day 23. It was October 17 when Frost became one of the 167 players and staff made redundant by Wasps after they fell into administration, but he only had to wait ten days to get himself fixed up with another employer.

He has headed to Sandy Park on a short-term injury dispensation deal and Exeter haven’t ruled out bringing in more signings from Wasps at a time of the year when their squad will be weakened by international call-ups for the Autumn Nations Series.

A statement read: “Exeter Chiefs have bolstered their options in the front row with the signing of Dan Frost from Wasps. The 25-year-old hooker joins the Chiefs immediately and will be a travelling reserve for tomorrow’s Gallagher Premiership trip to Gloucester.

“Taunton-born Frost, who has previously represented Exeter in the A-League, is one of several players who have been signed up by clubs across Europe in the wake of Wasps going into administration earlier this month.”

Exeter boss Rob Baxter said: “We have known Dan for some time, having watched him play initially at Taunton and then down at the Cornish Pirates, where he was linking up with a few of our guys who were on dual-reg down there.

“He did very well at both those clubs, especially the Pirates, and it was off that form that he picked up his move to Wasps. At the time, it didn’t quite work for us to bring him into the club, but we have watched him closely ever since. He has done very well establishing himself in the Premiership and he has done well when he has come up against us. Obviously, everyone is aware of the situation at Wasps and with Luke Cowan-Dickie also away currently with England, we felt it was right to bring Dan in to add to that pool of hookers.

“He is here on injury dispensation as Iestyn Harris is still recovering after having back surgery, but from what we have seen so far, he will settle in very well. He knows quite a few of our guys already and he has done well picking up information this week.

“What I like about him is he is a player who likes to work hard; he is good on the ball and he has a lot of good qualities within his game. What this opportunity does is give him that platform to go out and show those qualities and who knows, it may lead to something more longer-term down the line. Already, he is settled in well within the group, he is a travelling reserve on Friday – and I don’t think it will be too long before we get him involved in that match day 23.”

Asked about the potential for recruiting other players made redundant by Wasps, Baxter added: “There are lots of players looking for work, looking for clubs, especially young players. I feel for all of them as it is a terrible situation they find themselves in. Dan is obviously one of those players that was establishing himself within the Premiership and the opportunity has arisen for us to bring him in.

“There are others that we are looking at, mainly younger players, as it is easier to work around the scale of their contracts. However, there is some really exciting talent out there, so why wouldn’t you be interested in it?”