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Gallagher Premiership Scotland and Exeter prop Alec Hepburn to join Scarlets

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Scotland and former England loosehead Alec Hepburn will become the latest international to leave Exeter Chiefs when his contract runs out at the end of the season and will join team-mate Jack Dunne at the Scarlets.

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Gallagher Premiership Scotland and Exeter prop Alec Hepburn to join Scarlets

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