LEICESTER TIGERS 2023/24 - KANGAROO MCKELLER: Do you come from a land down under? (Squad thread pt 2)

[sapajo]

Smith coming in surely confirming Van Wyk being off then?

Not confirmed but I would bet my house on it

[TigerFeetSteve]

Smith coming in surely confirming Van Wyk being off then?

Not confirmed but I would bet my house on it

Not much of a risky bet that really...

[Tigers86asw]

We need a centre with pace and a loose head who can scrum. Therefore I’m a happy man.

[sapajo]

We need a centre with pace and a loose head who can scrum. Therefore I’m a happy man.

So you are happy with no Wiese replacement?

[sapajo]

Smith coming in surely confirming Van Wyk being off then?

Not confirmed but I would bet my house on it

Not much of a risky bet that really...

Not when I have not got a house

[longlivethecrumbie]

We need a centre with pace and a loose head who can scrum. Therefore I’m a happy man.

So you are happy with no Wiese replacement?

Fissler does mention that we are still in the market for an 8

[sapajo]

We need a centre with pace and a loose head who can scrum. Therefore I’m a happy man.

So you are happy with no Wiese replacement?

Fissler does mention that we are still in the market for an 8

Good, fingers crossed we sign another diamond or one in the rough at least

[Tigers86asw]

We need a centre with pace and a loose head who can scrum. Therefore I’m a happy man.

So you are happy with no Wiese replacement?

No- not at all. Just meant that we need both these positions and we’ve got them so happy days.

[TigerFeetSteve]

We need a centre with pace and a loose head who can scrum. Therefore I’m a happy man.

So you are happy with no Wiese replacement?

These are the quotes on the Tiges side of things which looks promising from my point of view...

Leicester boss Dan McKellar has moved to strengthen his squad for next season with the double signing of NSW Waratahs outside centre Izaia Perese and Wales loosehead Nicky Smith.

McKellar hasn’t finished his spending yet as it’s understood that he has got a No8 in his sights

So looks promising on that front if the info is good...

[Leicestertinytiger]

Can we have a Magic Monday after losses Friday and tonight!

[TigerFeetSteve]

Can we have a Magic Monday after losses Friday and tonight!

Hope we're announcing this week... Rumours normally get this strong close to the announcements...

[kpj tiger]

Can we have a Magic Monday after losses Friday and tonight!

Hope we're announcing this week... Rumours normally get this strong close to the announcements...

Or strong rumours force announcements

[OakhamTiger32]

We need a centre with pace and a loose head who can scrum. Therefore I’m a happy man.

So you are happy with no Wiese replacement?

These are the quotes on the Tiges side of things which looks promising from my point of view...

Leicester boss Dan McKellar has moved to strengthen his squad for next season with the double signing of NSW Waratahs outside centre Izaia Perese and Wales loosehead Nicky Smith.

McKellar hasn’t finished his spending yet as it’s understood that he has got a No8 in his sights

So looks promising on that front if the info is good...

Not seen much of Perese so had a little look online.. looks like a quality signing and an exciting player.. looking forward to seeing him slot into our back line:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=acwAPDlM0iU

[Pellsey]

So you are happy with no Wiese replacement?

These are the quotes on the Tiges side of things which looks promising from my point of view...

Leicester boss Dan McKellar has moved to strengthen his squad for next season with the double signing of NSW Waratahs outside centre Izaia Perese and Wales loosehead Nicky Smith.

McKellar hasn’t finished his spending yet as it’s understood that he has got a No8 in his sights

So looks promising on that front if the info is good...

Not seen much of Perese so had a little look online.. looks like a quality signing and an exciting player.. looking forward to seeing him slot into our back line:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=acwAPDlM0iU

IMHO our weaknesses at the moment (with a view to next year) are LH prop, centre, No 8 and possibly wing (in terms of pure pace) so I am really happy to see these players potentially coming in. With having to pay the young and upcoming players more, I just hope we have enough in our cap for what we need, despite the cap being raised.

From the YouTube Videos, Perese looks like a very exciting player with real power, in a Teflon kind of way. As good as Scott is, Perese seems like a real game changer, something which we need in the backs.

[loretta]

Leicester Tigers boss Dan McKellar has moved to strengthen his squad for next season with the double signing of NSW Waratahs outside centre Izaia Perese and Wales loosehead Nicky Smith.

Perese, 26, who was a member of Eddie Jones Wallabies World Cup squad, has now signed for Tigers and will be joining when his contract with Rugby Australia runs out later this year.

Smith, 29, who has played over 180 games since joining the Ospreys in 2012, has exercised an exit clause in his contract that he signed to stay with his hometown region last May.

Before we get too hot under the collar, where has this come from please?