Tigers hope Tait will sign new deal

Utility back Mathew Tait could play for Leicester Tigers next season if he can back out of a deal to sign for Bayonne, says chief executive Simon Cohen.


Tait's Leicester contract expires in the summer and the 29-year-old

agreed a move to the French side in January.

But Bayonne's relegation from the Top 14 and uncertainty over their future means Tait is keen to stay at Tigers.


"If we can resolve it then I am pretty sure he will stay," Cohen told BBC Radio Leicester.


"It is everybody's assumption that he had a get-out clause.


"But I know the situation is …

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