Worcester Warriors have signed veteran scrum-half Peter Stringer on a six-month deal before the Aviva Premiership 2017-18 season.
The 39-year-old joins the Warriors as cover for Francois Hougaard, who’ll be on international duty with the Springboks when the campaign kicks off.
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Stringer will also be reunited with former Munster and Ireland team-mate Donncha O’Callaghan, who is now the Warriors captain.
And the former Ireland scrum-half, who won 98 caps for his country between 2000 and 2011, tweeted how excited he was to join the Warriors.
Preseason number 20 began today.Delighted to have signed for @WorcsWarriors and looking forward to the challenge ahead
— Peter Stringer (@stringer9) July 20, 2017
But Adam Jones, who is always a laugh on Twitter, had a humorous observation regarding the scrum-halves somewhat late arrival.
Well done butt!! Clever how you’ve joined half way through! #oldhead
— Adam Jones (@adamjones3) July 20, 2017
Ugo Monye and David Flatman also tweeted a response:
Good on you pal!!! 💪🏾 good luck & enjoy
— ugo monye (@ugomonye) July 20, 2017
“Oh isn’t Strings in amazing shape” Well yeah, so you bloody should be after 20 years mate?! 👏
— David Flatman (@davidflatman) July 21, 2017
Stringer is Worcester’s third summer signing, following the arrivals of fly-half Sam Olver and forward David Denton.