article_snippet.sent: Leicester have announced a move for Super Rugby lock New Zealander Mike Fitzgerald.
article_snippet.sent: The 28-year-old New Zealander has helped the Waikato-based Chiefs win two Super Rugby titles.
article_snippet.sent: New Zealander Mike Fitzgerald, pictured playing for the Waikato-based Chiefs the Waikato-based Chiefs last year, will be a Leicester Tigers lock next season .
article_snippet.sent: Leicester rugby director Richard Cockerill said: 'New Zealander Mike Fitzgerald will be a good addition to our group of locks, especially with the retirement of Louis Deacon and Brad Thorn. '
article_snippet.sent: Leicester rugby director Richard Cockerill has played in very good company at the Waikato-based Chiefs, and now wants the experience of playing rugby in Europe.'
article_snippet.sent: And New Zealander Mike Fitzgerald added: 'I have loved my time playing for the the Waikato-based Chiefs and the (Manawatu) Turbos in New Zealand, but feel it's the right time to make the move with my young family across to the United Kingdom.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Leicester will add New Zealander Mike Fitzgerald to Leicester ranks next season .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: New Zealander Mike Fitzgerald has helped the Waikato-based Chiefs win two Super Rugby titles .