Stuart Lancaster

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Leo Cullen quiet on Stuart Lancaster exit rumours (RTE.ie)

Leo Cullen says speculation around the future of senior coach Stuart Lancaster is just "part and parcel" of rugby. Reports in the French media suggest ...

"It was a strange week, but we're through it now, and it's just looking on to the next challenge for our lads. "I went downstairs, my work laptop, passport and wallet had all been robbed out of our living room. We've got five points, it wasn't perfect last week, but we need to be a hell of a lot better if we want to progress and make the end of the season, the games we want to be involved in, which is the playoffs," he added. I was scrambling around last week, by the end of the game in Zebre I was very relieved - A - that I was there, and - B - that we got a bonus point win, it was tight in the end. "We are very lucky that we have a very strong group, some great people in our building and that’s credit to a lot of the work that goes on over the last number of years, so we are very lucky in that regard. "So we are in a period of speculation, shall we say, and we can't comment on other people's speculation, but there has always been things going on in the background," the Leinster boss said, ahead of tomorrow's BKT United Rugby Championship meeting with Benetton at the RDS.

'We can't comment on other people's speculation' - Cullen coy on ... (The42)

Leo Cullen and Stuart Lancaster. Image: Bryan Keane/INPHO. LEO CULLEN SAYS losing coaches and players to other teams is “part and parcel of the business we are ...

“It’s all part of the joys. “You think you are coming to the start of the season but everyone is always making plans for the future. It was tight in the end. “Just the nature of it, like, generally people are signing for not much longer than two years. If you think, Denis Leamy is now down there coaching at Munster. So it is like the silly season is there, always, up until a point where things get finalised.

'It's silly season' – Leo Cullen says reports on Stuart Lancaster's ... (Independent.ie)

Leinster head coach Leo Cullen refused to comment on speculation that his senior coach Stuart Lancaster will depart to Racing 92 at the end of the season.

"We need to make it exciting in terms of product that the players produce on the field, and everybody feeds into that. “You're playing against guys who maybe have two or three games under their belt, there's a bit of a challenge there, and it's important for our guys to respect that. There are always plenty of challenges, every team has some level of challenge. Just the nature of it, like, generally people are signing for not much longer than two years. That’s players and staff and the backroom team as well. There have been talks and there are talks, we're not going to hide it," Travers told the media today.

Top 14's Racing 92 In Talks With Leinster Coach Lancaster (Barron's)

French Top 14 side Racing 92 confirmed on Thursday they have held talks with Leinster's senior coach Stuart Lancaster about joining the club next season.

Racing 92 won their sixth Top 14 title in 2016, and have finished runners-up in the Champions Cup three times, the last occasion a 31-27 defeat to Exeter in the 2020 final. In his second season Leinster won both the Champions Cup and Pro 14, a competition now renamed as the United Rugby Championship his side went on to win for the next three years. French Top 14 side Racing 92 confirmed on Thursday they have held talks with Leinster's senior coach Stuart Lancaster about joining the club next season.

Racing 92 confirm talks with Leinster coach Stuart Lancaster (The Irish Times)

Laurent Travers tells French media contact has been made between the club and Leinster number two.