Brett Deacon

By Cherry Picker
February 3 2010

Gloucester go into a double-header against Harlequins this weekend with news that the club has made another important signing – and this time it’s a new player, rather than a current player extending his contract as Leicester back-row forward Brett Deacon on a two-year contract.

The 27-year-old won’t join the club until after the end of the current season, but coach Bryan Redpath says he is delighted to have done the deal at a time when team building for next season is going at a cracking pace.
Just days after Olly Morgan became the 11^th Glaws players to agree an extended contract, Redpath says signing Deacon is a major plus for the Kingsholm squad.
He told the Citizen: "We're pleased to have secured Brett's signature as he's a good age, is English-qualified, has a lot of experience in a winning environment at Leicester and is ambitious to establish himself at a new club.
"It's always a tough decision to leave somewhere you've spent your whole career, but it reflects well on Brett that he was prepared to make the move. We look forward to welcoming him in the summer."
Meanwhile, Glaws have what looks like being their final LV game at Quins on Sunday, but six days later they have a far more important fixture against them at Kingsholm as they return to the Guinness Premiership for their first game in the competition since January 2.

That was the disappointing home draw with Worcester, but since then three cup wins have given the team and the fans a major lift and with Redpath’s team building apparently going well, there will be high hopes of another morale-boosting win to get the Premiership season back on track.

A good performance and a good result on Sunday would go a long way towards setting up the team for the GP game, and Redpath will be keen to see an improvement on last weekend when he felt the team failed to cash sufficiently in on their superiority against Wuss.

Deacon signs as Glaws go into Quins double-header

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cheerycherry
05/02/2010 00:59

That's a good, solid signing for me. Can play across the backrow so provides needed cover and brings physicality which will contrast with Narraway's more mobile style and will give Strokosch/Buxton real competition at 6.
Does suggest someone is departing though and I would imagine that is Satala who has not featured much this season.

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