Manu Tuilagi was acclaimed as “one of a kind” last night as he stepped up his search for an English club to which to escape from Leicester.
For the first time since joining Tigers’ academy as a 15-year-old Tuilagi is without a team after refusing to take a pay cut.
With salary reductions the norm across English and much of French rugby, there could be no worse time to be thrust into the job market.
Jamie Noon, who won 38 caps in the England midfield before becoming a rugby agent across the Channel, says there is no obvious answer for Tuilagi in France, where just a year ago he was offered a £2.5 million deal by Racing.
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