MATT O’CONNOR returned to these shores this week to resume command of the club he left in 2013, which begs the question: Why was he allowed to leave in the first place?
Undoubtedly O’Connor is a very good coach. The Australian had just secured a third Premiership title as Tigers head coach at the time of his departure for Leinster in the summer of 2013 and things were very rosy.
Obviously, things might have happened behind the scenes which I wasn’t privy to, but you can’t tell me he left because he thought going to Leinster from Leicester was a step up the coaching l...