exeter have moved to fill the void left by departing captain dean mumm by signing his fellow australian lock ollie atkins atkins, 26, has agreed a two year deal with the aviva premiership play off contenders and will move to devon from edinburgh mumm is returning to australia at the end of this season, and atkins, who has represented scotland a, will now strengthen chiefs' second row resources alongside fellow new arrival geoff parling ollie atkins will join exeter and replace departing captain dean mumm  'we had been aware dean might be tempted to move back to australia, but he has been very open and honest about it, and that gave us time to assess the market,' exeter head coach rob baxter told the club's official website 'ollie is actually someone that dean mentioned, having played with him back in australia 'we have looked at ollie's game closely he has a lot of qualities that will work very well among the group here atkins will join the devon bases aviva premiership side from edinburgh  'he is a bit younger than dean, he has a great engine and is a real 80 minute player' atkins played for the sydney based waratahs, western force and sydney university before moving to scotland in 2013 and becoming a key member of the edinburgh squad
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ollie atkins will join exeter after leaving edinburgh  exeter captain dean mumm is heading back to australia  atkins will join fellow new signing geoff parling 