By Gavin Mairs, Rugby News Correspondent Published: 1:05PM GMT 05 March 2010
Fresh challenge: Lewis Moody will leave Leicester for Bath in the summer Photo: REUTERS Moody, 31, who assimilated Leicester true from Oakham School, has sealed a three-year understanding with Bath.
The energetic forward, a World Cup leader with England in 2003 who additionally toured with the British Lions to New Zealand in 2005, has been Martin Johnsons majority unchanging player this deteriorate and his signing is a vital manoeuvre for Bath.
Stade hazard over Haskell Tait open to France move Attoub loses gouging interest Haskell misses precision RFU v France row escalates Why do we direct style?"I am unequivocally seeking brazen to an sparkling new plea at this theatre of my career," pronounced Moody, who finished the initial of 216 appearances for the Tigers in Aug 1996.
"Baths values ideally fit my own, it is a great city and club, with a genuine family feel and a close weave and considerable squad.
"I have regularly well known that if I was ever going to leave Leicester, the usually bar I would cruise in the UK would be Bath. They fool around an sparkling code of rugby and, carrying outlayed time with both Steve Meehan and Nick Blofeld, I am certain that there are sparkling years ahead."
Meehan, the Bath coach, pronounced Moody, who has 59 England caps, would be a vital item to his patrol subsequent season.
"Lewis is a proven leader and he brings immeasurable experience, a extreme integrity and great perspective with him.
"Adapting to the character of fool around shouldnt be a complaint and we design him to assistance emanate some-more opportunities and movement up front."
Lote Tuqiri is dynamic to safeguard his short army with Leicester ends on a high with a feat over London Irish on Saturday.
The former Australia wing earnings to Sydney on Sunday to take up a stipulate with rugby joining side Wests Tigers. Although Leicester have changed to the tip of the Guinness Premiership during his four-month spell at Welford Road, last weekends 19-3 better by Northampton Saints was described by Tuqiri as an "embarrassment" and he is fervent to have amends.
"This is going to be a large game," Tuqiri said. "London Irish have got a lot of unequivocally great players and they are in the tip 4 now.
"We got a bit broke last week and this is the place to redress a little of those wrongs that we might have finished down at Northampton. It has been a really beguiling stay at Leicester, a all certain experience.
"Hopefully I have got one some-more great mental recall in me and I can leave the bar in a great way."
Former Bath captain Alex Crockett will have his initial coming given completing a nine-month anathema for unwell to take a drug exam when he lines up for Bristol in their British and Irish Cup compare at Nottingham tomorrow.
The 28-year-old England Saxons general quiescent from Bath, along with England flanker Michael Lipman and centre Andrew Higgins, after refusing to crop up at an inner disciplinary conference to residence their disaster to take a drug exam after the clubs end-of-season celebration in London.
Meanwhile, England winger Paul Sackey insists his enterprise for a "fresh start" was the pushing force at the back of his preference to leave Wasps for Toulon subsequent season.
He will couple up with former England team-mates Jonny Wilkinson and Tom May carrying sealed a two-year understanding with the French bar after five years at Wasps.
"I longed for to shift my sourroundings and lifestyle. I could have left to Paris, but that was as well identical to London," Sackey said.
"I longed for to experience a genuine change, by signing for a bar that offers me something opposite and has a lot of ambition."
Gloucester harlot Darren Dawidiuk has concluded a new two-year understanding with the Premiership club.
