Mark lonsdale biography

Exeter Chiefs have confirmed second-row Sean Lonsdale will leave the club at the end of the season.

Lonsdale, 24, will make the switch to United Rugby Championship side the Dragons on a long-term deal, following Scottish international Sam Skinner and England star Jonny Hill through the exit door at Sandy Park in the summer.

Skinner will make the switch to URC side Edinburgh Rugby while British and Irish Lion Hill is joining Gallagher Premiership rivals Sale Sharks.

Lonsdale joined Chiefs from Rygbi Gogledd Cymru (RGC) in North Wales during the summer of 2016, and so far has made 60 appearances, scoring five tries, since his debut in an Anglo-Welsh Cup game away to Worcester Warriors in January 2018.

As well as featuring for the Chiefs, Lonsdale has also enjoyed loan spells in the National Leagues with both Plymouth Albion and Taunton Titans.

Although side-lined currently with a wrist injury, Lonsdale expects to be back in the n