Leicester Tigers have signed the wrong player in Handre Pollard according to former Tigers forward Jim Hamilton.
The South Africa fly-half, who arrived at Welford Road on a bumper £600,000 per year as the clubs marquee signing, struggled on his debut against Saracens over the weekend and lasted just 27 minutes.
“I just don’t see him as a decent fit for Leicester,” said Hamilton on the latest episode of The Rugby Pod.
“In a like for like, if you want to say like for like, losing George Ford, and we’ve not always spoke highly about George Ford, [at the] back end of the season looked brilliant, in attack he looked brilliant, the way that Leicester want to play you could say Handre Pollard fits that.
“But I just don’t know why they’ve gone out and signed a South African ten at the back end of his career when there’s other players you could potentially look at.”
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