Top 14 - Goode deal for Brive

Eurosport - Thu, 10 Jul 12:20:00 2008

Leicester fly-half Andy Goode has signed a two-year contract with French Top 14 side Brive.

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The 28-year-old (pictured), who has nine England caps, ends a seven-year stint with the Tigers that saw him win the Heineken Cup twice and the Premiership five times.

Leicester will likely look to boost their fly-half options at Welford Road, though the recent arrival of England's Toby Flood from Newcastle will give them cover at 10.

Ian Humphreys and Sam Vesty can also play fly-half.

Goode will not feel a complete stranger when he arrives at Brive since former England team-mates Steve Thompson and Ben Cohen already play for the club.

He also knows Brive's skills coach Christophe Laussucq, who was a scrum-half at Leicester.

Brive, the 1997 European champions, finished 11th in last season's French championship.

Goode departs Welford Road after a turbulent season that saw the Tigers finish winless and part company with their Argentinean head coach Marcelo Loffreda.

The Tigers recently lost two more of their coaching staff when Neil Back and Andy Key accepted positions with relegated Leeds Carnegie.

Terence O'Rorke / Eurosport

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  1. Good 10. No team can win titles without an exceptional out half and Leicester's records speaks for itself. It's interesting that he has not featured more in a squad capacity for England. In my opinion the jury is still very much out on Toby Flood and Leicester would be wise to further bolster that position!

    As an Ulster fan it's good to see IH following in his brother's footsteps!

    From paul_mcc123, on Sun 13 Jul 8:23PM

  2. Nice research for this article - Ian Humphrey's has left Leicester for Ulster for next season and therefore will not be able to play at out-half for Leicester.

    From Hilton M, on Sat 12 Jul 10:25AM

  3. he was a good player the test is now who replaces him

    From alunp27, on Fri 11 Jul 10:07AM

  4. is he really only 28? looks far older and also looks quite portly. not a top level player.

    From lordofjapes, on Thu 10 Jul 3:24PM

  5. as another tigers supporter, who is also sad to see him go, I feel I should point out that as he overtook Wilkinson last year for average points scored per premiership game he wasnt that inconsistant.

    From Alan D, on Thu 10 Jul 3:15PM

  6. As a Tigers' supporter, I will be sorry to see Goode go, but he lacked consistency and if Tigers want to win more silverware they need to find someone who can produce the goods (no pun intended!) week in week out.

    From tyn, on Thu 10 Jul 1:06PM
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