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Leicester Tigers statement: Former England star steps down from board with 'immediate effect'
By Online Editors
Former England wing Rory Underwood has stepped down from his role as non-executive director at Leicester Tigers with 'immediate effect' the club has announced. Underwood had been on the board since 2007.
In a statement this evening the club said: "The Board of Leicester Tigers announces that Rory Underwood has stood down from his role as Non-Executive Director with immediate effect."
"Rory joined the Tigers Board in 2007 after having previously represented the club in a playing and coaching capacity.
"He scored 134 tries in 236 first-team appearances for Leicester Tigers and is England's record try-scorer, with 49 in 85 internationals. He toured with the British & Irish Lions in 1989 and 1993.
"Awarded an MBE for Services to Sport in 1995, Rory was a pilot for 18 years in the RAF during his playing career and now runs his own management consultancy, Wingman.
"Tigers Chairman Peter Tom said: “We thank Rory for his service to our Board for the past thirteen years and all that he has given this club, on and off the pitch.
“On behalf of all Board members and everyone at the club, including our supporters, I am extremely grateful for what he has given us and wish him well in the future.”
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Steve Borthwick appointment was misguided based on two flawed premises.
1. An overblown sense of the quality of the premiership rugby. The gap between the Premiership and Test rugby is enormous
2. England needed an English coach who understood English Rugby and it's traditional strengths.
SB won the premiership and was an England forward and did a great job with the Japanese forwards but neither of those qualify you as a tier 1 test manager.
Maybe Felix Jones and Aled Walter's departures are down to the fact that SB is a details man, which work at club level but at test level you need the manager to manage and let the coaches get on and do what they are employed for.
SB criticism of players is straight out of Eddie Jones playbook but his loyalty to keeping out of form players borne out of his perceived sense of betrayal as a player.
In all it doesn't stack up as the qualities needed to be a modern Test coach /Manager
Go to commentsBut still Australians. Only Australia can help itself seems to be the key message.
Blaming Kiwis is deflecting from the actual problem.
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