Saracens sign prop Balmain from Gloucester

Gloucester prop Fraser Balmain has moved to Saracens connected a one-year contract.

The knowledgeable 32-year-old has played 231 matches for Gloucester and Leicester Tigers.

He made 11 top-flight appearances past play arsenic nan Cherry and Whites vanished nan play 2nd from bottommost successful nan Premiership.

"I'm really looking guardant to joining Saracens, and americium very excited for a caller challenge," he told Saracens' website., external

Balmain began his profession astatine Leicester successful 2011, coming connected arsenic a replacement successful nan Tigers' 2013 Premiership last triumph against Northampton Saints.

He moved to Gloucester successful 2017, wherever he helped nan squad to 2 European Challenge Cup finals, successful his first and past seasons, and won nan Premiership Rugby Cup this season, beating Leicester successful nan final.