ON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEIL FISSLER 

Exeter Chiefs have signed Georgian international loosehead Nika Abuladze, above, on a two-year deal as Rob Baxter takes steps to beef up his Sandy Park squad.
Abuladze, 27, who is 6ft 1in and tips the scales at 122kg, has played for RC Kochebi in the Georgian Championship and Black Lion in the Rugby Europe Super Cup.

Meanwhile, the Chiefs are in the final stages of agreeing to a new deal with former England U20 scrumhalf Stu Townsend, below, who has been at the club since 2012.

Torbay-born Townsend, who had loans with Cornish Pirates and Taunton, starte...