Ehren Painter's last competitive appearance was in a European Champions Cup loss to Toulouse in December 2024

Cornish Pirates have signed Exeter prop Ehren Painter on a short-term loan.

The 28-year-old tighthead is returning to full fitness having been out for 15 months with a knee ligament injury.

Painter played against the Royal Navy in a friendly last month and is in Pirates' squad to face Coventry in the Champ on Saturday.

The former Northampton forward joined Exeter in the summer of 2023 and has not played since tearing his anterior cruciate ligament in training in December 2024.