David Denton says the security of signing a three-year contract was a big factor in why he signed for Leicester.
The backrow will be leaving Worcester at the end of the season to join their Premiership rivals.
“Yeah it is very exciting. That is the other side of the argument when you are sat down and you’re not playing very much and you are injured. You are not really sure what your future is and what club you’re going to be at. So when the opportunity came for me to go to Leicester, particularly signing a three-year deal was big for me, so that I can settle down with the club and really dig my roots in. I am looking forward to it”, Denton said.
“It’s been a great month and I am very grateful that it has been a good month. I did learn how quickly things can change in professional sport and it did for me – all of a sudden you’ve been injured for a bit, you’re out of favour with the national team, I wasn’t sure what I was doing club-wise. Then for me to be able to get a run of games together, get back playing for Scotland and a sign a long-term deal with a huge club like Leicester is great.”
Denton had some time in the international wilderness while at Bath, but his form for Worcester this season meant a recall and he can now look forward to the Calcutta Cup game against England this weekend.
Denton watched the last encounter between the sides at a friend’s house and he’s desperate to be part of a team that will try and avenge that 61-21 defeat at Twickenham.
“A lot of the guys who played in that game were my mates. You don’t want to see them going through what they did that day. We were a much better team than that result showed last year. We went on to win the next game (against Italy) and it’s a testament to the character in the squad. That was a tough one. We need to make sure that doesn’t happen again.”
Scotland’s last 6 Nations victory over England was ten years ago and Eddie Jones’ side are favourites to prevail again.
“We’d have to be above 95 per cent I’d say at least (to beat England). You put in the best performance you can and then the result should hopefully take care of itself.”
Doddie Weir on fighting motor neurone disease and his prediction for Calcutta Cup
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— Scottish Rugby (@Scotlandteam) February 19, 2018
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Sign up for freeSteve Tandy's in-tray as Wales' head coach is overflowing, but his authenticity should serve his country well.
The manner of their Second Test defeat by the Lions was shattering but exposed some of Australia's own weaknesses.
The British & Irish Lions staged a magnificent 18-point comeback to break Wallaby hearts and win the Series
If only that was true. Somehow SA players like kholisi - to name just one, got away with even worse
6 Go to commentsGoodness, you already have a bad name.
6 Go to commentsFrom a neutral perspective I think he is totally spot-on this.
A different matter is the sad, disproportionate and soccer-esque drama they have created regarding the refereeing.
12 Go to commentsJS has done well with Aus but he’s not got everything right, then again, neither has Farrell. If Aus win on sat by any score then they’ll have exceeded most peoples expectations but no, it won’t make up for losing the series.
20 Go to commentsIs Tvvat Williams the “pundit” version of RP clickbait?
12 Go to commentsIt was a tight call. But let’s not moan fellas … you’ll give SA rugby fans a bad name.
6 Go to comments1. Who are the voters and/or how many voters are there?
2. What is the ranking system used to generate this list?
Cheers 😁
2 Go to commentsWhat they've got is a core of players from a good Irish team and an excellent coach. In spite of this they've still struggled for cohesion but have solid players from 1-15 and very accomplished halfbacks steering the ship. They've been ok. Any talk of them going down as the greatest Lions team in history if they win 3-0 is nonsense. I think the fact that so many of the starting team come from one nation implies they're not that great. Very few players from the other nations have put their hands up. Without really hurting the quality of the team you could replace most of the non-Irish players with their Irish counterparts - Curry by JVDF, Freeman by Hansen, Chessum by McCarthy, the centres by Aki and Ringrose. You're basically playing against a good but past their best Ireland team plus Itoje and Russell.
8 Go to commentsDespite their 2-0 advantage and the concerns as recently as a few months ago that the series wouldn’t be competitive, it’s only 56-45 on aggregate.
I’d the Lions for the first game, Wallabies for the next two. My views on Keenan and Furlong were before and after the first test and I feel accurate. I’m pretty sure you didn’t call the loss to Argentina on match day one? I did because of Albornoz - the best test 10 currently in the game.
If the Wallabies win on Saturday and by 12 PTS or more is that a moral victory?
20 Go to commentsPretty sure you’ll find a 0-3 in my back catalogue if you look hard enough…😉🤑🤑🤑
20 Go to commentsMarginal? There were 4 penalty infringements between Morgan and Genge in that phase of play.
01. Reckless attempted clear out and head contact as targeted above the shoulders.
02. Morgan goes first, Genge just after and both drive through the ruck off their feet.
03. Both commit clear and obvious sealing - Morgan’s left hand on the ground as he
makes the hit - not supporting his bodyweight.
04. Morgan plays him on the ground by pinning his legs for around 3 seconds during
‘Oscar theatrics’ - the ball is live. He has played a player off the ball.
You’ve mentioned WR - funny how often they have to come out and clean up after Piardi. It was every other game at one stage in the URC this season.
Do you have predictions, Ed? You must have opinions surely? Or is your bum numb from sitting on the fence constantly?
Too afraid to join in?
20 Go to commentsA bit of a thin-skinned response from Matt.
Very unusual, for Matt.
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