Matt Bates
Eastbourne have signed former Devon Demons skipper Matt Bates as stand-in for sidelined heat leader Danny Warwick.
Bates, 25, averaged 7.14 including bonuses in six National League meetings for Devon last season.
He was recommended by former team mate Richard Andrews after Warwick suffered three fractured vertebrae against King’s Lynn last Sunday.
Warwick has undergone an operation is now back at home in Poole.
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