{"id":344683,"date":"2011-03-28T13:43:35","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T13:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/28\/leinster-announce-three-signings\/"},"modified":"2011-03-28T13:43:35","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T13:43:35","slug":"leinster-announce-three-signings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/28\/leinster-announce-three-signings\/","title":{"rendered":"Leinster announce three signings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"54.165760869565\">\n<div readability=\"44\">\n                    <!-- empty related-stories for Wide -->                      <\/p>\n<p>Leinster have announced a hat-trick of new signings to bolster their squad.<\/p>\n<p>The Irish province have snapped up Natal Sharks second row Steven Sykes on a three-year deal and the lock forward will link up with Leinster this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Connacht tighthead prop Jamie Hagan has also agreed a three-year contract while Canterbury Crusaders fly-half Matt Berquist has signed a one-year deal with an option to extend.<\/p>\n<p>Leinster coach Joe Schmidt is happy with the signings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are pleased to have secured all three players and I am sure that they will prove to be strong additions to the side over the coming seasons,&#8221; said Schmidt.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/12883918.stm\" title=\"Leinster announce three signings\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leinster announce three signings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Leinster have announced a hat-trick of new signings to bolster their squad. The Irish province have snapped up Natal Sharks second row Steven Sykes on a three-year deal and the lock forward will link up with Leinster this summer. Connacht tighthead prop Jamie Hagan has also agreed a three-year contract while Canterbury Crusaders fly-half Matt Berquist has signed a one-year deal with an option to extend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-344683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Leinster announce three signings - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/28\/leinster-announce-three-signings\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Leinster announce three signings - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Leinster have announced a hat-trick of new signings to bolster their squad. 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