The Tigers Team That Never Was

[kpj tiger]

With Huw Jones apparently being a done deal and then not it got me thinking back to all the high profile players that supposedly had or were close to putting pen to paper and if you could actually make a full team out of them now? Any suggestions welcome.

1. David Flatman
2. Ross Ford
3. ?
4. Eben Etzebeth
5. Steve Mafi
6. Thierry Dusautoir
7. Cyle Brink
8. Carl Fearns
9. Augustin Pichot
10. Jonny Wilkinson
11. Rupeni Caucau
12. Juan Martin Hernandez
13. Huw Jones
14. Marika Vunibaka
15. Damien Mckenzie

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22. Andrew Merhtens
23. Santiago Cordero

[Leicestertinytiger]

Have to put Cordero in there somewhere, plus Mafi doing a uturn on his return

[ellis9]

Another one to put in at fly half, a certain Jonny Wilkinson.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugby ... ester.html

[TTRITH]

Another one to put in at fly half, a certain Jonny Wilkinson.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugby ... ester.html

Didn't we go in for Jonny in 2003 as well?

I suppose, at the moment Leatigaga would be an option at prop.

[JP14]

I believe we failed to go after Cyle Brink, he can play 7. Plus, the Tigers never approached McKenzie, that was purely agent talk to get him capped by Steve Hansen.

[RagingBull]

Tigers did approach him.

I mean what is the requirements to this team just who we talk too or do they have to have agreed to coming?
Kaino got pretty close to joining one year.
Pretty sure we also nearly signed Ross Ford another year.

[voice of the crumbie]

9 Augustin Pichot
4 Eben Etzebeth

Like Raging Bull I seem to recall an interest in Ross Ford for hooker

[MikeR]

A few years ago Andrew Merhtens was lined up for fly half - told this at the time by a Board Member .

[kpj tiger]

Anybody remember any props who were nearly Tigers?

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Weren't we supposed to sign Nick Evans before he went to quins as well?

[loretta]

Weren't we supposed to sign Nick Evans before he went to quins as well?

Yep, kept him dangling while we chased JMH. Eventually Evans gave up and went to Quins.

[BFG]

Anybody remember any props who were nearly Tigers?

Was Flatman ever linked, or were you after good props?

[kpj tiger]

Anybody remember any props who were nearly Tigers?

Was Flatman ever linked, or were you after good props?

Just notable players and now you mention him I do seem to remember something about Flatman being a target at one point

[TigerMac3]

The Flatman situation was one that worked in our favour; we pulled the plug and ended up signing a chap called Marcus from Argentina instead...

[FrontRowUnionMember]

Wasn’t there a story we were after Kubriashvili when we were looking to replace Castro, but because the deal to take Castro to Toulon took so long, we missed out and ended up with Schuster?