Northampton Saints snap up Tom Pearson after London Irish demise
The 23-year-old flanker was disregarded of labor together with the remainder of Irish’s 100-plus workers when the Exiles had been positioned into administration final week.
Now Northampton have moved to snap up the highly-rated back-rower, who had additionally obtained robust curiosity from Bath.
Pearson has joined England’s preliminary World Cup coaching camp this week, and has now obtained one other increase within the form of locking down a brand new residence for subsequent season.
“Northampton is a massive rugby town and Saints are blessed with a huge fanbase,” mentioned Pearson. “Phil Dowson really made me feel I would fit in well with the style of rugby the team plays.
“I’ll always be incredibly grateful to London Irish and treasure my time there. They gave me a shot two years ago coming out of university, when I was an unknown and probably a bit of a risk. It’s tragic not to know the true potential of that team we had.”
Irish’s unemployed gamers are nonetheless scrambling to safe offers for the fast-approaching new season, with Chunya Munga becoming a member of Pearson at Northampton.
Racing 92 have tabled an attractive supply for England wing Henry Arundell, whereas Harlequins are eyeing a transfer for Will Joseph and Ben Loader weighing curiosity from South Africa’s URC finalists the Stormers.