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Leicester have dipped into Pro D2 for a goal-kicking fly-half

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Leicester Tigers have confirmed the signing of Zack Henry for the 2020/21 season. Henry spent two seasons at French club Rouen Normandie Rugby under the guidance of former England scrum-half Richard Hill after graduating from Bath University from where he was selected as part of Team GB’s silver medal-winning side at the 2015 World University Games.

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After guiding Rouen to the Federale 1 final in 2017, Henry joined Nevers in Pro D2 where he has spent the past two seasons.

A goal-kicking fly-half, who is capable of playing across the backline, Henry has emerged as one of Pro D2’s most exciting, attacking players. The 25-year-old is the younger brother of Hartpury’s Championship division winger Jake Henry.

Tigers head coach Geordan Murphy admitted the person as much as the player was key in wanting to add Henry to the club’s ranks. “Zack is an exciting talent, who adds a different dynamic to our depth at fly-half and in the midfield,” he told leicestertigers.com ahead of their home Gallagher Premiership game next Saturday versus Worcester.

“His ability will be a boost to our squad but, at his young age, it’s his maturity, intelligence and experience that were among the factors which impressed us when we met with Zack. He’s fortunate to still have plenty of room for growth and time to develop his game, which we look forward to contributing to at Tigers.”

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Henry added: “I’m really excited to be joining such a prestigious club with a decorated history. I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to meet with Geordan prior to signing and it was an inspiring experience to visit Welford Road and see all the trophies.”

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The 25-year-old admitted the opportunity to join a club with the history of Leicester’s was too good to refuse. “My time in France has been an unforgettable period in my career which has helped me to improve as a player,” added Henry. 

“But the opportunity to join Leicester Tigers was something I did not hesitate to accept. It is time for a new challenge and I can’t wait to get started.

“I will be working hard to play my part in achieving success and continuing to learn alongside the world-class players and coaching team in Leicester. Tigers supporters are known to be among the best in the world it’s going to be an amazing experience to represent this club.”

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To be fair, the only thing that drives engagement on this site is over the top critiques of Southern Hemisphere teams.


Or articles about people on podcasts criticizing southern hemisphere teams.


Articles regarding the Northern Hemisphere tend to be more positive than critical. I guess to also rile up kiwis and Saffers who seem to be the majority of followers in the comments section. There seems to be a whole department dedicated to Ireland’s world ranking news.


Despite being dialled into the Northern edition - I know sweet fokall about what’s going on in France.


And even less than fokall about what’s cutting in Japan - which has a fast growing, increasingly premium League competition emerging.


And let’s not talk about the pacific. Do they even play rugby Down there.


Oh and the Americas. I’ve read more articles about a young, stargazing Welshman’s foray into NFL than I have anything related to either the north and south continents of the Americas.


I will give credit that the women’s game is getting decent airtime. But for the rest and the above; it’s just pathetic coming from a World Rugby website.


Just consider the innovation emerging in Japan with the pedigree of coaches over there.


There’s so much good we could be reading.


Instead it’s unimaginative “critical for the sake of feigning controversial”. Which is lazy, because in order to pull that off all you need to be really good at is:


1. Being a doos;

2. Having an opinion.


No prior experience needed.


Which is not journalism. That’s like all or most of us in the comments section. People like Finn (who I believe is a RP contributor).


Anyway. Hopefully it will get better. The game is growing and the interest in the game is growing. Maybe it will attract more qualified journalists over time.

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