Tigers prop has a new Premiership club

The 20-times capped Samoan will certainly add some considerable bulk to the Kingston Park club, at 6 foot 4 and 128kg.

Mulipola spent six and half years at Leicester, making 98 Aviva Premiership appearances and a further 22 in the European Champions Cup.

Mulipola won the Anglo-Welsh Cup in his first year in the East Midlands in 2012, playing in the Aviva Premiership final that year and going on to win the Premiership title the following season.

The big ball-carrying prop has played in 15 of the Tigers 20 league games this season.