LEICESTER TIGERS are believed to have told agents that they are not going to be accepting applications to replace Matt O’Connor.
O’Connor was last week sacked by the club after just one game of the new season and Tigers have been linked with a host of names.
Jim Mallinder, Mike Ford, Stuart Lancaster and Jake White have all been mentioned but it appears that the job is Geordan Murphy’s to lose.
The interim boss at Welford Road, who won eight Premiership titles during his career before joining the coaching staff, is likely to be given the job on a full-time basis.

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