Gareth Owen - New Signing From Scarlets

[No.6]

Tigers have signed Gareth Owen (28) from Scarlets.
An Inside Centre who has made 75 appearances for them.

[tigerburnie]

Useful player, hope he's fit and ready to go. Welcome Gareth.

[jgriffin]

Am not going wild. Deffo not Fekitoa

[Tiglon]

Don't know much about him, but you would think he's been signed to add depth to the centres, which is exactly what we need - and probably at a sensible wage cost too. We already have two top class centres when both fit.

[Hot_Charlie]

Experience to fill the cover gap left by Roberts/Betham and to an extent Williams. Hopefully a change of scene will allow him to regain some form and confidence.

[Iain]

Unbelievable scenes on the Facebook group over this.

He's clearly not being signed as a starter, so he won't be costing a lot.
He clearly isn't at the expense of a big name signing.
He has experience at the top level.
He covers a number of positions that we require depth for.

Therefore on the face of it, he seems a sensible signing.

[Iain]

Am not going wild. Deffo not Fekitoa

Well no, but neither is he intended to be.
If we're not able to sign someone of the calibre of Fekitoa or McKenzie (for instance) it won't be because we've signed Owen.
This signing has no bearing on the big signings, I'm quite confident on that.

[strawclearer]

I have it on good authority that he's on standby for the Lions in case anyone pulls an eyebrow or sprains an earlobe this weekend!

[TigerFraz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJUZ4ZXzdZA

Looks to me like a sensible squad player.

[kpj tiger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJUZ4ZXzdZA

Looks to me like a sensible squad player.

Looks decent enough, for me he looks like a Tait replacement (assuming he is off), could be a handy super sub

[KevinR]

Based on those highlights he has a deft left foot (always useful), runs straight and can give a scoring pass - something Roberts and Betham never demonstrated, I'm afraid.

[rich1576]

Looks pretty handy. Is it me or has he got a passing resemblance to Fernando Alonso of F1 fame.

[strawclearer]

Looks pretty handy. Is it me or has he got a passing resemblance to Fernando Alonso of F1 fame.

Everybody passes Alonso these days!

[jgriffin]

Useful player, hope he's fit and ready to go. Welcome Gareth.

Just posted on other thread, Blues fans I chatted to in Cardiff rugby shop rate him as a solid second choice/utility for us.

[JackFlashJonny]

Looks like a great replacement for Jack Roberts for me...can play centre and 15 so very happy with it and doubt he was expensive