Leicester Tigers and England scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet signs a new contract with the Premiership club.
Leicester Tigers and England scrum-half Jack van Poortvliet has signed a new deal with the Premiership club., externalVan Poortvliet featured 19 times in the league when Tigers won the Premiership title in 2022, but was left out of the Grand Final side that beat Saracens.
While he missed out on the decider, he went on to earn his senior international debut for England a month later. He has played 16 times for his country, with his latest appearances coming against South Africa and Japan in November. Van Poortvliet had not featured for England for more than a year after an ankle injury forced him to miss last year's World Cup."He knows what it means to play and win for Leicester," Cheika continued.Van Poortvliet is the fifth Tigers player to renew his contract with the club this week, following fellow England international Ollie Hassell-Collins, Ollie Chessum, Tonga centre Solomone Kata and Scotland prop Will Hurd.
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