Samoa international prop Logovi'i Mulipola has committed his future to Leicester Tigers after agreeing a new long-term contract.
The 26-year-old arrived at Welford Road after gaining 2011 World Cup experience with Samoa and has quickly become a firm favourite with supporters.
Mulipola has made more than 40 appearances since his debut in January last year, and has played in two Aviva Premiership finals, including the win at Twickenham last Saturday.
His performance against Northampton was described as "awesome" by Tigers director of rugby Richard Cockerill, with Mulipola playing out of position against Saints' vastly more experienced tight-head Brian Mujati.
Cockerill said: "Logo made a big impact when he first came here and he has continued to work on his game and improve in a very strong group of props.
"Having the likes of Marcos Ayerza, Dan Cole, Martin Castrogiovanni and Boris Stankovich around him has helped him enormously and now he is firmly established in our senior squad."
Mulipola is the latest in a string of players who have already confirmed new agreements that include Mathew Tait, Manu Tuilagi, Graham Kitchener, Steve Mafi, Niall Morris, Geoff Parling, Julian Salvi, Ben and Tom Youngs.
