Wilson on the radar at Tigers and Saints
MARK WILSON’S fine England debut against Argentina last weekend won’t have gone unnoticed by a host of admiring clubs in the Premiership.
Wilson has been a stand-out performer for Newcastle Falcons for the past couple of seasons but has only another year left to run on his contract.
The Falcons will be desperate for him to put pen to paper on a long term extension but the temptation to follow the well-trodden path away from Kingston Park will always be there.
Leicester Tigers and Northampton Saints have already cast admiring glances at the 27year-old who can operate at blindside flanker and No 8 with equal success.
Both clubs have the pulling power to lure Wilson away from the North East, where he has spent the whole of his career, to a club where Eddie Jones might be more likely to keep him in mind.