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Argentina’s foreign legion has been expanded in a major way. Leading Pumas outside back, Santiago Cordero has signed for the England Champions, the Exeter Chiefs. In having done so he officially has departed Argentina.
His contract with the Exeter Chiefs is as a medical joker. In other words, it is a short-term signing. His contract is for the remainder of the 2017-2018 season.
The Exeter Chiefs have multiple injury concerns in the backs. Among those sidelined are Max Bodilly , Jack Nowell, James Short, Henry Slade, Max Bodilly, and Italian mid-fielder Michele Campagnaro.
Cordero’s move to the club sees him leaving his Pumas teammates behind to join a club currently with no other Argentine players. Exeter, though, is the former home of Ignacio Mieres and Gonzalo Camacho. The latter of the two won the Game Changer of the Season award while playing for Leicester in the 2011-2012 season.
Capped 33 times by Argentina, Cordero is a world-class attacker. He was among the leading outside backs at Rugby World Cup 2015. With him still being aged just 24 the prospects of appearing in a second Rugby World Cup are very reasonable.
Cordero trained today with the Exeter Chiefs. It was his first time doing so. He is immediately available for the team and could make his debut for the England Champions against Saracens in the Anglo-Welsh Cup.
Prior to joining the Exeter Chiefs Cordero had had talks with both the Leicester Tigers and Munster. His decision to sign for Exeter means he will be off contract in time to play for Argentina in the June Internationals and Rugby Championship. This would depend on him not extending his stay in England.
