Scotland centre Matt Scott ready to leave Leicester Tigers
Former Scotland international Matt Scott has spoken to Edinburgh about signing up for a third spell when his contract with Leicester Tigers runs out at the end of the season.
Dunfermline-born Scott, 33, is ready to leave Welford Road after making 75 appearances in four years. He could finish his career where he started in 2011 while pursuing a law degree at the University of Edinburgh.
Scott returned to Edinburgh in 2018 after two years in the Gallagher Premiership at Gloucester before heading south of the border again in 2020 to sign for the Tigers. He came off the bench in the 2022 Premiership final win over Saracens.
Capable of playing at outside and inside centre, he has made nine appearances and scored his second try of the campaign in the recent Premiership Rugby Cup semi-final win over Ealing Trailfinders.
Scott won the last of his 40 Scotland caps in November 2021 against the Springboks after a four-and-a-half-year break. He has played 75 times for the Tigers, scoring 15 tries.
Even though he has had talks with Edinburgh, it is understood that they haven’t yet offered him a contract to add to his 53 games in two spells.
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Honestly, I am a bit lost here …. Ireland - RSA was (at least in my opinion) perhaps (from a purely technical / rugby-skills-show point of view) the pinnacle of the RWC2023 - almost flawless playing (putting aside the kicking of RSA which was the difference between the two teams), rugby at it’s very best …. if I were a Bok and after the game some Irish lads came around saying “see you in 5 weeks same place”, I definitely wouldn’t have thought of it as being in any way “arrogant”, rather a sort of jolly “if we both continue to play like this, no one could stop us” - besides, few of us fans would have, at that time, been surprised to see the same teams playing on 23 september and 28 october 2023 ….. well, we all know Ireland chose to hit a slump to keep the QF curse alive …..
Go to commentsThere’s value gleaned from having an All Black star running and training with your team. How many games he starts (or even where he plays in the backline) will be decided on a week by week basis based on the needs for that week. But the overall learning and growth for all concerned, I’d think, is massively beneficial. Especially for Irish players.
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