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Defence guru Blake gets new chance with Tigers

By JON NEWCOMBE

Return? Phil Blake

PHIL BLAKE has emerged as a shock frontrunner to return to Leicester Tigers as defence coach under Geordan Murphy.
The 55-year-old left the Tigers after one season in 2014/15, just before he was banned from all rugby activity for six months for two breaches of anti-corruption and betting rules.
An RFU panel found him guilty of charges relating to eight separate bets placed on two Tigers game while he was their defence coach.
London-born but Australian- raised, Blake has coached in both rugby codes and had a spell as defence and skills coach with the Aus...

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