Exeter have confirmed that they will bid for a Premier 15s franchise and create a women's team.
The 2017 champions are one of six Premiership clubs who curren tly do not have a women's top tier side.
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"We've started to add the ladies into our academy," Exeter chief executive Tony Rowe revealed to .
"So it follows now that in a year or two's time when the new licenses come out for the Premier 15s that we will apply for a licence to be one of the professional sides in England."
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