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Risen to the challenge: Bath wing Ruardh McConnochie
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THE instalment of Geordan Murphy as Leicester head coach, as well as that of Stuart Hooper as Bath’s next director of rugby, has caused a stir because they both are not long retired from playing – especially Hooper.
It’s a good thing that Leicester have told Murphy he has got three years to sort things out, because trying to change a side you have inherited, which has different strategies and playing and coaching personnel to the ones you...