SOUTH Africa fly-half Handre Pollard says he turned down “bigger deals” to join Leicester next season from Montpellier.
Pollard, 27, will join the Premiership leaders before the 2022-23 season as replacement for George Ford, who is to leave the club for Sale Sharks.
Pollard, capped 60 times by his country, played for the Bulls in his homeland and also had a season in Japan with the Red Hurricanes before joining Montpellier two years ago.
“The club is going brilliantly at the moment and I know there is an expectation to continue that, to keep getting better because ...