The Leicester Tigers have confirmed that Springbok World Cup winner Jasper Wiese will end up his time with the membership on the finish of the 2023/24 season.
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Wiese joined the membership forward of the 2020/21 season, turning into an instantaneous fan-favourite, and added South African worldwide and Rugby World Cup winner to his résumé throughout his Tigers tenure.
Participant of the Match within the 21/22 Premiership Last victory over Saracens, Wiese will proceed his profession abroad. The Tigers will nonetheless have a World Cup winner on their books, within the type of the exceptional Handre Pollard.
Talking about his time on the membership, the 28-year-old Springbok stated: “I’ve beloved each minute of my time on the membership and can proceed to offer my all for my staff and my teammates.”
“It is a particular place for me and my household, and we have now much more recollections to create this season.”
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Leicester Tigers Normal Supervisor Richard Wilks added: “We’re immensely pleased with Jasper and the participant and individual he’s grow to be at Leicester Tigers. Jasper joined us as a comparatively unknown again rower from the Cheetahs and can depart us a 27-times-capped Springbok and a Rugby World Cup winner. That is testomony to the onerous work by Jasper but additionally the coaches and workers at Tigers who deserve big credit score.”
“Jasper is a well-liked member of our group, and we’ll miss him on the membership, however the nature {of professional} sport and our international recreation means gamers develop and search new alternatives and he’ll depart us with our greatest needs and he and his household will at all times be welcome on the membership.
“Our squad is in a wholesome place for past this season and our focus, and Jasper’s, is on making this a particular 12 months for Leicester Tigers.”
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