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Leicester Tigers have put Cardiff flyer Gabriel Hamer-Webb on their purchasing checklist for a transfer again throughout the Severn Bridge when his contract runs out on the finish of the season.
A suggestion from the Tigers would give Bathtub-born Hamer-Webb, 24, a call to make, as he qualifies for Wales by his Cardiff-born mom and spoke of his need to win worldwide caps at the beginning of the season.
“Wales is certainly on my radar proper now. However I’ve bought to essentially earn it as a result of I’ve come right into a squad the place you’ve bought back-three internationals, and also you’ve bought the likes of Rio Dyer, who’s doing so nicely proper now.
“However it’s a large aim of mine,” admitted Hamer-Webb, who can play on both wing and at full-back, and scored a hat-trick in opposition to the Ospreys final weekend in Cardiff’s 36-19 win on the Millennium Stadium to double his tally for the season.
The previous England Underneath-20 worldwide had spells within the Premiership together with his hometown membership, Northampton Saints, and performed within the NPC for Southland earlier than arriving on a short-term contract in November 2023, which was later prolonged.
Hamer-Webb, a budding style entrepreneur who has began a clothes model known as Banton, is a latecomer to rugby after spending time within the academies of Southampton and Bristol Metropolis earlier than switching codes.
“Rugby really wasn’t my primary sport once I was rising up. I performed soccer till I used to be round 15 or 16, and I used to be late entering into rugby.
“All my associates performed rugby, and I went to Beechen Cliff, which is linked to Bath Rugby. I simply cherished taking part in it. I undoubtedly needed to play catch-up in my early years as a rugby participant,” he stated.
The Tigers are in search of somebody to exchange Worcester Warriors-bound Josh Bassett and so as to add competitors for Ollie Hassell-Collins, Adam Radwan and Solomone Kata.
