comment 11.
he has not signed for any other team,­ including west tigers, his contract with leicester runs­ out at the end of our season, so thats could be june,­ depending on how far we go. and his contract also has­ possiblities in it for extending it for another season,­ depending on how he feels and how he gets on with­ tigers.
he hasnt signed with west tigers because NRL­ austrailia rules state that they can not sign anyone­ whilst they are on another cross code contract... or­ something along those lines.

im an NRL supporter from Australia, tuqiri has only­ signed their until march, and then he will play in the­ NRL for the Wests Tigers..........his only joined this­ rugby team to get him up to match fitness!

Could be a great signing but he is 30 years old and has­ not played in a few months. Will wait until after­ christmas before I pass any judgement. I would also be­ interested to find out why he dumped from his contract­ in Australia. Does anyone know?? As an Irish rugby fan­ I can't say I'm over the moon to hear that­ Leicester have made a signing such as this.

Alan, I agree with you. Strength in depth is what­ Tigers are all about, its the squad that counts and not­ so much the team.

Tuqiri is a great signing from that­ point of view and I wouldn't assume that he'd­ walk straight into the team and stay there, he's­ going to have to prove himself to get a jersey.

Joe,­ as for foreigners coming in taking all the English­ players places and playing for the money, that­ couldn't be further from the truth. I don't­ think you can say that Geordan Murphy, Castro, Mauger,­ Hamilton, Alex Tuilagi are just there for the pay­ packet. They love the club and play their socks off­ whenever they're in the team.

They don't­ automatically get picked and the Tigers academy produce­ many great players a lot of which progress up to­ international level.

Joe

currently all the decent English players are with­ the England squad. we couldnt play them last weekend. ­ So this gives us a star player to run out in their­ absence.

Leicesters strength in depth has always been­ one of the reasons they are always in the mix at the­ end of the season. With 19 players unavailable last­ weekend, we need it.

Tigers Tigers burning bright ,ready to give others a­ fright!!!

And yet another player holding a starting position­ keeping a potential England player out, when will you­ guys learn? The Rugby Premiership will end up the same­ as the football..Full of Foreign players, playing fo­ rthe money and not really caring about club honours.

only a premiership club as big us us could attract such­ a big star "Tigers Tigers"

Great signing......as a Tigers fan could'nt be­ happier.

World class player for a world class club :-)