A smiling Sam Vesty says his player of the month success will also make his wife happy.

Vesty was the unanimous choice among Leicester Tigers fans for the February award, for which he received a voucher for Leicester jeweller Lumbers.

Vesty scored two tries and helped Tigers collect 12 points from their games against London Wasps, Worcester Warriors and London Irish in February.

Vesty said: “I am really happy to be voted as the player of the month and I think my wife will be happy. I think I will probably pass it on to her, jewellery is more her thing.”

Vesty made his 100th Guinness Premiership appearance for Tigers in Saturday’s win against league leaders Gloucester at Welford Road.

The win was Tigers’ third in a row and moved them up to second in the Guinness Premiership table.

They return to league action on Friday night when they travel to Bristol and Vesty says Tigers are determined to keep the run going.

Vesty said: “We are in the race. We are second in the table and every game is vital at this time of year.”

Voting is already underway on the Lumbers website for the March player of the month with scrum-half Julien Dupuy currently ahead of Vesty and lock Louis Deacon.