GLASGOW head coach Franco Smith last night insisted he was doing all he could to remain focused on this evening’s Challenge Cup match at home to Bath, but admitted that the case of Rufus McLean had become “the elephant in the room” for himself and the Warriors squad.
Glasgow announced on Wednesday that they had suspended the 22-year-old Scotland international after he pleaded guilty to a domestic-abuse charge. McLean will be sentenced for that next month, and is also awaiting the outcome of the club’s internal disciplinary hearing.
Smith only took over as Warriors coach last summer, a year and a half after the period to which the charges against McLean relate. With the case yet to be completed, he stated he was limited in the comments he could make, but revealed he had addressed the squad about the issue.
