‘No hurry’ as Cipriani decides to take a break
DANNY CIPRIANI is poised to take some time out of the game to decide his next move after leaving Gloucester just 19 months after being named Premiership Player of the Year.
The former England fly-half was out of contract at the end of the season and left Kingsholm less than 24 hours after the club announced that Scotland international Adam Hastings had put pen to paper. Cipriani, who has won 16 England caps, has already been linked with a switch to Japan as well as an unlikely cross-code switch to play Super League for Warrington Wolves.
But Blindside understands that Cipriani, 33, was offered the chance of a move to Japan’s Top League during lockdown earlier this year but decided not to pursue it.
Instead, the ex-Wasps, Sale Sharks and Melbourne Rebels man will spend Christmas thinking over what he wants to do next but is in no hurry to sign for anyone else.
Cipriani, who started his career with Wasps in 2006 is likely to find himself in demand from the Top League, France or even the United States where he spends large parts of every summer.
“Danny is going to take some time out of the game and is in no rush at all to make a decision,” a source told this weekend.