Slated signs new deal with Leicester Tigers

Ed Slater has put pen to paper on a new deal with the Aviva Premiership Rugby Football Union club and the reigning champions the Leicester Tigers ending months of speculation over his future.

And Slater, who is one of the most valuable assets at the club as well as one of the first names in lock that is picked by Director of Rugby at the club Richard Cockerill, the does so with immense praise from the club boss ringing in his ears.

The 25 year old lock has already made 77 appearances for the first team in the three years he has been at the Welford Road club and during his time at the club, the player has gone from being virtually an unknown quantity to someone who has been described by Cockerill as the new Louis Deacon in the making.

Speaking about the player, Cockerill stated that Ed has been fantastic for the team and with his attitude; he is just the perfect fit for the Leicester Tigers. With Slater signing a new deal for the club, however, Cockerill will have one less thing to worry about with news emerging that another lock George Parling has injured his shoulder and will need at least three months off following surgery.

And with the likes of Tom Croft, Ant Allen as well as Mat Tait all on the sidelines, Cockerill will be glad to be able to call on the services of Slater who is slowly but steadily returning to full fitness and will be ready by the end of the month.

The Leicester Tigers boss stated that there was no difficulty in agreeing the new contract with the player because the player wanted to stay and the club wanted him to stay and it all went accordingly after all that.

Leicester Tigers to miss Flood

Toby Flood, the fly half for the Aviva Premiership Rugby Football Union club and the defending Premiership champions the Leicester Tigers has been ruled out of the club’s season opening fixture against the Worcester Warriors.

However, the good news for the player and the club is that he can make a swift return from injury to take on Bath Rugby the following weekend. The 28 year old had to be hospitalized following a very high tackled from Ulster player Dan Tuohy during the club’s pre-season match against the Irish side in a match they won 30-10 in the end. Reports from the medical team later revealed that Flood had suffered a concussion following the tackle and that inevitably rules him out for this weekend’s season opening fixture against The Warriors.

However, tests and scans that were done later on at the Leicester Royal Infirmary later revealed that the Leicester Tigers player has not suffered any long term damage.

According to Richard Cockerill, the Director of Rugby at the club, the player will without a doubt miss the first match of the new season but he is confident he will bounce back soon enough and will be ready for the next few round of matches for the club.

Cockerill mentioned that the player was concussed but the good news is that there were no broken bones and the scans also didn’t reveal any long term problem so everything seems good for the player. He went on to add that the Leicester Tigers will stand him down for the weekend’s match because that was the medical advice given to the club. However, he mentioned that they will integrate the player soon enough and he might as well be given a chance to play against Bath Rugby next weekend if everything is cleared.