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Report - Stuart Lancaster has now signed for Racing 92

Stuart Lancaster has flourished since taking his coaching role with Leinster. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

French media have reported that Stuart Lancaster has signed a contract with Racing 92 and will take over as head coach ahead of the 2023/24 season.

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Lancaster – who still has a season to run on his Leinster contract – has been linked to Paris since the start of the summer but L’Equipe now reports that the deal has been confirmed in writing on Thursday.

Current ‘manager’ – as they refer to the role in France – Laurent Travers will leave at the end of this season and Lancaster will take the reins after a successful stint with Leinster.

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The former England head coach had been at the top of billionaire owner Jacky Lorenzetti’s shopping list to replace Travers and they’ve apparently made the Cumbrian an offer he simply could refuse.

The Parisians were remaining tight-lipped as recently as yesterday (Thursday) but confirmed that talks were taking place with the 52-year-old.

“I’m going to be clear, a lot things are written, a lot aren’t true,” said Travers on Thursday. “There have been talks and there are talks, we’re not going to hide it.”

Back in Dublin, Leinster head coach Leo Cullen also refused to meaningfully address the rumours, merely stating that: “So we are in a period of speculation, shall we say, and we can’t comment on other people’s speculation you know what I mean but there has always been things going on in the background.”

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The Englishman will be a heavy loss for Leinster to take, having become a popular figure with the players and with the Leinster faithful since he arrived back in 2016. His arrival coincided with a change in fortunes for the Irish giants, who hadn’t won any silverware for three seasons when he landed in Dublin as a senior coach.

Lancaster has come a long way since England were dumped out of their own Rugby World Cup in the pool stages back in 2015, his stock having risen to the point where he’s become one of the most sought-after coaches in the sport.

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fl 5 hours ago
Why Les Kiss and Stuart Lancaster can lead Australia to glory

“Why do you downplay his later career, post 50? He won a treble less than two years ago, with a club who played more games and won more games than any other team that managed the same feat. His crowning achievement - by his own admission.”

He’s won many trebles in his career - why do you only care about one of them?

I think its unsurprising that he’d feel more emotional about his recent achievements, but its less clear why you do.


“Is it FA cups or League cups you’re forgetting in his English trophy haul? You haven’t made that clear…”

It actually was clear, if you knew the number he had won of each, but I was ignoring the league cup, because Germany and Spain only have one cup competition so it isn’t possible to compare league cup performance with City to his performance with Bayern and Barcelona.


“With Barcelona he won 14 trophies. With Bayern Munich he won 5 trophies. With City he has currently won 18 trophies…”

I can count, but clearly you can’t divide! He was at Barca for 4 years, so that’s 3.5 trophies per year. He was at Bayern for 3 years, and actually won 7 trophies so that’s 2.3 trophies per year. He has been at City for 8 completed seasons so that’s 2.25 trophies per year. If in his 9th season (this one) he wins both the FA cup and the FIFA club world cup that will take his total to 20 for an average of 2.22 trophies per year.


To be clear - you said that Pep had gotten better with age by every metric. In fact by most metrics he has gotten worse!

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fl 7 hours ago
Why Les Kiss and Stuart Lancaster can lead Australia to glory

“He made history beyond the age of 50. History.”

He made history before the age of 50, why are you so keen to downplay Pep’s early career achievements? In 2009 he won the sextuple. No other manager in history had achieved that, and Pep hasn’t achieved it since, but here you are jizzing your pants over a couple of CL finals.


“If continuing to break records and achieve trophies isn't a metric for success”

Achieving trophies is a metric for success, and Pep wins fewer trophies as he gets older.


“He's still competing for a major trophy this year. Should he get it, it would be 8 consecutive seasons with a major trophy. Then the world club cup in the summer.”

You’re cherry picking some quite odd stats now. In Pep’s first 8 seasons as a manager he won 6 league titles, 2 CL titles, & 4 cup titles. In Pep’s last 8 seasons as a manager (including this one) he’s won 6 league titles, 1 CL title, & 2 (or possibly 3) cup titles. In his first 8 seasons he won the FIFA world club cup 3 times; in his last 8 seasons he’s won it 1 (or possibly soon to be 2) time(s). In his first 8 seasons he won the UEFA super cup 3 times; in his last 8 he won the UEFA super cup once. His record over the past 8 seasons has been amazing - but it is a step down from his record in his first 8 seasons, and winning the FA cup and FIFA club world cup this summer won’t change that.


Pep is still a brilliant manager. He will probably remain a brilliant manager for many years to come, but you seem to want to forget how incredible he was when he first broke through. To be clear - you said that Pep had gotten better with age by every metric. That was false!

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