Whatever happens on Saturday, Ellis Genge will leave Leicester with his promise intact. It was during the club’s steep decline, in which the once dynastic force finished 11th in the Premiership in 2018 and 2019, that the combative England prop vowed to remain in the east Midlands until a corner had been turned.
“I made a pact a long time ago that I’d never leave Tigers if they were in a dark hole,” Genge says as he prepares for the Premiership final against Saracens. “I had all sorts of offers to go elsewhere when we were bottom of the pile. I said I wanted to stick it out to see brighter days. So I can hopefully leave with my head held high.”
