Leicester will not be letting hypothesis that boss Steve Borthwick will depart the Premiership champions to take the vacant England job distract them, says Tigers captain Hanro Liebenberg.
Whereas Liebenberg didn’t touch upon Borthwick’s state of affairs, he did discuss of how the squad is coping with it.
“It may simply be a distraction for the time being, however fortunately it is not,” Liebenberg informed BBC Radio Leicester.
“It is robust, however the atmosphere we’re in – as skilled athletes – we now have a job to do on the finish of the day. Everybody is aware of that, these are all exterior issues.
“As soon as the boys get on the pitch, and we now have stated this as a gaggle, that’s out of our management. We are able to solely management what we’re doing on a weekly foundation. And that’s what we’re doing.”
Borthwick, who left Jones’ England teaching employees to take the job at Tigers in 2020, is a coach that former England worldwide Ugo Monye says will restore “readability and element” within the nationwide workforce as they put together for subsequent yr’s World Cup.
With the 43-year-old linked with the England job even earlier than Jones was dismissed, uncertainty about his future at Mattioli Woods Welford Street has been a significant query for various weeks.
“We’re all adults round right here, we’re on social media, we see the identical factor as you guys do,” Liebenberg added.
“It’s all the time going to be there, it’s uncontrollable.”
The hypothesis about Borthwick, a head coach that remodeled Leicester from a facet that was battling to keep away from relegation to Premiership champions inside two years, comes as Tigers put together to start out their European Champions Cup marketing campaign at Ospreys on Sunday.
And it follows Premiership strugglers Bristol Bears ending a run of six consecutive league defeats with a dramatic 26-26 draw with Tigers on Saturday.
“Europe is very large, it’s kind of of a recent begin. It is all the time good to enter a brand new competitors,” stated Liebenberg.
