It is just over a year since Kevin Sinfield bade farewell to Leeds Rhinos and made a cross-code switch to rugby union giants Leicester Tigers. Sinfield, the legendary former Leeds player who captained the club to seven Super League titles, had grown unhappy in his role as director of rugby at Headingley.
He spent three years in the job, having initially returned to the club to take up the newly-created role in July 2018 following the sacking of head coach Brian McDermott. Due to the effects of the pandemic, Sinfield’s job had become more administrative and less about working within the actual rugby department.
And so he accepted an offer to join Leicester as defence coach and work under Steve Borthwick at the biggest club in England in the 15-a-side code. Sinfield has since thrived, helping the Tigers to the Premiership title in his first season after they beat Saracens in the final at Twickenham on June 18.
