Leicester Tigers may block England from nabbing one of their most valuable assets in Kevin Sinfield. After Eddie Jones was relieved of his duties as the national side’s coach on Tuesday, reports suggest Steve Borthwick, current coach of the Leicester Tigers, is the favourite to replace him.
Sinfield, 42, is the team’s defence coach and Borthwick is keen to bring the Leeds Rhinos legend to the national side, along with fitness guru Aled Walters. The Tigers will not stand in the way of Brothwck leaving to coach England, and the national governing body will have to pay Leicester for taking their title-winning head coach mid-season.
However, it is not a certainty that they will be as forthcoming with Sinfield and Walters, with the possibility of not wanting to be raided so extensively as it would leave them facing a major rebuild in the middle a campaign. This couldn’t have come at a worse time for the Tigers, who were crowned Premiership champions at the end of last season under the tutelage of Borthwick and Sinfield.
