■By ED HUTSON
GEORGE Ford this wek ended months of speculations by confirming he will be heading back to Leicester next season in a move that will see Freddie Burns join Bath.
England fly-half Ford has spent the last four seasons at the Rec and had two years left on his current contract but he has been keen to leave following the sacking of his father Mike as director of rugby last summer.
Tigers head coach Aaron Mauger, who also extended the contracts of Jono Kitto, Greg Bateman, Mike Fitzgerald and Brendon O’Connor this week, said: “George has become one of the leading p...