Hanro Liebenberg: Leicester Tigers' new captain on Ellis Genge and 'keeping underdog mentality'
At the point when lead trainer Steve Borthwick moved toward Hanro Liebenberg to request that he be Leicester Tigers chief, he got a deliberate reaction. "I said 'I'm not a red hot person, I will not get folks crushing their heads against the wall'," said the 6ft 6in (1.98m), 17st 5lb (110kg) back-rower. "In any case, the players know who I am, what sort of player I am. You need to show others how its done, that is something I solidly put stock in." Liebenberg was continuously going to be contrasted with his ancestor as Tigers captain as he took over before another season. Britain prop Ellis Genge is one of English rugby's extraordinary current characters, a furiously serious, energetic and once in a while rough presence. Those qualities were suggestive of Leicester's title win last season, their first for a considerable length of time, and only two years subsequent to looking straight at transfer. Genge and Liebenberg, skipper and bad habit chie...