Leicester boss Steve Borthwick faced up to the toughest challenge of his career and admitted: “This is a big old ship and it’s been heading in the wrong direction for a period of time”.
The former England captain and Red Rose coach starts the new Premiership season at home to Gloucester on Saturday with the nation’s biggest club in turmoil.
Tigers, who finished last season bottom but one, losing seven of nine games following the first lockdown, have only just returned to training after their ground was closed for 12 days due to a Covid outbreak.
They have parted company with director of rugby Geordan Murphy, star trio Manu Tuilagi, Kyle Eastmond and Telusa Veainu have left along with coaches Boris Stankovich and Rob Taylor, while England
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