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Thursday, September 04, 2008, 23:00
That is the view of head coach Pete Drewett, who is delighted the former England under-18s prop is in the running for more international honours.
Former Cullompton player Moon was named in a 32-man elite squad on Monday by England under-20 bosses Martin Haag and Mark Mapletoft.
And that reflects well on the academy the Chiefs took responsibility for this summer.
Moon has come through the South West England Rugby Academy, now known as the Exeter Chiefs England Rugby Academy.
He is one of only five players included from clubs outside the Premiership and Drewett hopes he can have a good year.
"It's fantastic, Ben's worked incredibly hard," he said. "It's great for the Exeter Chiefs England Rugby Academy and people like Robin Cowling and Rob Gibson (academy coaches).
"They've worked a lot with Ben and we're all hoping he'll have a really good season and get some international honours.
"Martin Haag, the under-20 coach, is coming down this week to have a chat about Ben and let's hope he does really well."
England's elite rugby director Rob Andrew added: "The under-20 side is part of our wider development programme and selection of this squad was delayed until the under-18s had finished their successful summer tour of Argentina.
"Martin Haag was involved in coaching that team and he now steps up with those players, who now have the incentive of winning a place in the team defending their Six Nations title and being selected for next year's Junior World Championship in Japan."
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