Leicester Tigers back-rower Hanro Liebenberg hopes Michael Cheika’s replacement as head coach can bring long-term stability to the role.
Former Australia and Argentina head coach Cheika is in the final months of his contract as Tigers boss, having decided in January not to extend his stay beyond his initial one-year deal.
The 58-year-old replaced fellow Australian Dan McKellar, who lasted only a season in a role which has been occupied by Steve Borthwick, Richard Wigglesworth, Geordan Murphy, Matt O’Connor and Aaron Mauger since three-time Premiership title-winning boss Richard Cockerill was sacked in early 2017.
Cheika’s successor will be the sixth boss Liebenberg will have worked under since he first arrived at Tigers in 2019.
“I’ve gotten use to all the change and new people coming and out,” the South African told BBC Radio Leicester.
“It’s always a bit of an unsettling phase and you don’t know what’s going to happen because it’s uncertain.
“But, at the same time, this club has been through this in the past years. We have gotten so used to it that I’m sure we will adapt and move on.”
Ex-Tigers player and former Harlequins head of rugby Paul Gustard is reportedly in line for the job,, external although ex-England boss Stuart Lancaster and celebrated former Leicester prop and ex-Munster head coach Graham Rowntree have also been linked.
