William John Chudley (born 17 March 1986) is a

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player who plays at

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for

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in the

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. He made his debut for Exeter against

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on 1 September 2012. Will joined Exeter from rivals

Newcastle Falcons Newcastle Falcons is a rugby union team that play in Premiership Rugby, England's highest division of rugby union. The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Cl ...

, Chudley joined Newcastle from

Bedford Blues Bedford Blues are a semi-professional rugby union club in the town of Bedford, England, currently playing in the RFU Championship. History Foundation and 19th century Bedford RUFC was founded in 1886 after an amalgamation between Bedford Rove ...

after catching the eye of Newcastle coach

Alan Tait Alan Victor Tait (born 2 November 1964) is a former Scottish dual-code rugby footballer, and now coach. He is a defence coach at the Super 6 side Southern Knights. He was previously head coach at Newcastle Falcons and a former rugby union an ...

during Bedfords play-off semi-final defeat by Worcester in 2011. He was in the team when Exeter Chiefs defeated

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to be crowned champions of the 2016-17 English Premiership. In December 2017, he was awarded Try of the week for his week 11 try against

Northampton Saints Northampton Saints (officially Northampton Rugby Football Club) is a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The club plays in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby union. It was formed in 1880 as "Northampton St. ...

. On 20 March 2018, it was announced that Chudley would leave Exeter to join local rivals

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ahead of the 2018–19 season. He would leave Bath and join

Worcester Warriors Worcester Warriors are a professional rugby union club based in Worcester, England. They most recently played in Premiership Rugby, the top division of English rugby union, before being suspended by the Rugby Football Union, RFU in September 2 ...

on a two-year contract from the 2021–22 season. On 5 October 2022 all Worcester players had their contacts terminated due to the liquidation of the company to which they were contracted. On 12 October 2022, Chudley signs for

in the

for the 2022–23 season.

References

External links

Chiefs Profile

Premiership Rugby Profile
* http://en.espn.co.uk/england/rugby/player/148724.html

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chudley, Will 1986 births Living people Bath Rugby players Bedford Blues players English rugby union players Exeter Chiefs players Newcastle Falcons players Rugby union players from Kettering Worcester Warriors players Rugby union scrum-halves Coventry R.F.C. players