By NEALE HARVEY
No regrets: Tigers centre Gareth Owen
FIT-AGAIN Leicester centre Gareth Owen has designs on the Leicester No.13 shirt which could spike Manu Tuilagi’s hopes of a rapid England recall.
Owen swapped European Cup quarter-finalists Scarlets for the Tigers last summer with a year left on his contract but has endured a stop-start time at Welford Road after a preseason back problem.
Now fit and firing the 29- year-old, equally comfortable in the 12 or 13 shirt told The Rugby Paper: “There’s always a perception that big names like Manu and Matt Toomua will get t...
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