Vesty played in a rock band with other Tigers players Ollie Smith Dan Hipkiss, Aaron Mauger and George Chuter called Slo Progress before moving club to Bath, where he still plays music with club colleagues in the music room at Farleigh House.

[5] He did not feature much in the early part of the 2008/09 season and had been considering leaving Leicester to get game time when circumstances changed in February 2009.

[3][6] With Toby Flood with the England squad and Derick Hougaard injured, Vesty was brought back to play at fly-half.

[8] Vesty was rewarded for his good end to season with a call up to the full England squad for the summer tour against Argentina.

He then worked for a summer as skills coach for the England rugby team, under Eddie Jones, overseeing two Test victories over Argentina in 2017.

In summer 2018 Vesty joined Northampton Saints as Attack and Backs coach, working under Chris Boyd.