• Murphy pleased to have 10 World Cup players back training
Leicester, the Premiership’s 11th-placed team, insist there is no feeling of relief in their dressing-room despite the 35-point deduction handed out to Saracens this month for breaching salary cap regulations. The Tigers have won only one of their four league games this season but now have a 26-point cushion over Saracens going into Saturday’s east Midlands derby against Northampton.
According to their head coach Geordan Murphy, however, the punishment handed to Saracens has made no difference to team morale as his side enter a crucial period with most of their World Cup players back and available. “It doesn’t change anything for me and the players,” said Murphy, keen to avoid any repetition of last season’s fight against relegation.
Written by Robert Kitson
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/26/geordan-murphy-leicester-saracens-premiership-punishment under the title “Leicester feel no relief over Saracens’ point deduction, says Geordan Murphy”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
