LEICESTER Tigers have signed 27-year-old Bedford hooker Charlie Clare on a two-year deal.
Clare, 27, is approaching 100 appearances for Bedford and has previous Premiership experience from his two-season stay at Northampton Saints.
Clare returns to Welford Road having signed academy terms for the Tigers back in 2008.
He left for Bedford five years later having had loan spells at Jersey, Nottingham and Loughborough.
With new Scotland cap Jake Kerr set for a bright international future, Tigers will have brought Clare in as cover for Tom Youngs and former Wallaby No.2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, who st...