Australia's Hooper Open To Extending Exeter Stay

With a location World Cup coming up for Australia later successful 2026, Hooper knows he must execute good successful Europe if he is to make nan Wallabies squad.

While Australia are happy to prime overseas players, they will springiness privilege to home-based options if location is small to take betwixt nan options.

Hooper says nan improvements he is making successful Europe and his ambitions to make nan World Cup are driving him successful his first play successful nan bluish hemisphere.

"When I came complete present I knew afloat good location was a anticipation I wasn't going to beryllium playing for nan Wallabies immoderate more," he said.

"But my head and I sat down look to look and I said 'do you backmost me?' He said 'yes', and past I said 'awesome, I'll backmost myself'.

"I had a telephone telephone pinch Joe Schmidt [Australia caput coach] and fundamentally he said 'I'm going to favour picking guys from location soil, but if you're nan clear standout past I'll prime you'.

"On that telephone call, I conscionable said 'all right, well, it's a beautiful clear nonsubjective for me, I'm conscionable going to make judge that I make you prime me'.

"So it was a gamble, but besides each nan powerfulness benignant of lies successful my tribunal and I'm conscionable going to make judge if I support playing bully rugby past I'll support getting picked for nan teams that I want to beryllium picked [for].

"That's evidently Exeter Chiefs first and foremost, that's wherever my privilege is correct now, performing for this team, and disconnected nan backmost of that I cognize I'll get picked for nan golden jersey.

"That's 1 of my top desires, conscionable being successful that jersey and performing good astatine a location World Cup."