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Tigers secure Samoan prop
ESPNscrum Staff
January 11, 2012
Logovi'i Mulipola will bring a physical presence to the Tigers front-row © Getty Images
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The Leicester Tigers have awarded Samoan prop Logovi'i Mulipola a contract until the end of the season.

The 24-year-old has been at Welford Road since November and took his bow for the first-team against Wasps on Saturday. With six caps to his name for Samoa, Mulipola has international experience and will provide cover for the likes of Dan Cole and Martin Castrogiovanni during the forthcoming Six Nations.

And Tigers boss Richard Cockerill has praised the Samoan's talent and admits he is already looking into keeping Mulipola beyond the end of the current campaign. "Freddie Tuilagi called me and said he had a prop that he would like me to have a look at," Cockerill told the Leicester Mercury. "He has been here on trial and now he has signed for the rest of this year. We are looking to keep him longer term.

"He has raw talent and arrived a couple of stone heavier than he is now. He can play at tight head and loose head, and props who can play on both sides of the scrum, can carry the ball well and are big men, are very hard to find.

"He is very raw but he will get better with us. He weighs almost 130kgs (20 stones) and that is his streamlined weight. He is a couple of stones heavier than Dan Cole and Castro."

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