Simon Turnbull, of the Independent, talks to Geordan Murphy about Leicester's poor form and their plan to get back to the top of the table.
"Geordan Murphy is standing in the clubhouse at Topps Park, the home of Oadby Town Football Club, running his eye over a list of Leicester Tigers' results from the 1997-98 Premiership season in a dog-eared copy of the Playfair Rugby Union Annual. "Er, I think I played in that one, Newcastle at home," the Irish full-back says, still muddied from a morning shift across the road at Oval Park, Leicester's training ground. "I don't really know, to be honest."
It is 15 seasons since the man from Co Kildare was first blooded as a cub full-back for the Tigers. The mercurial Murphy has played so many games for Leicester (274 in all competitions, 177 in the Premiership) that he can perhaps be excused for not being able to pinpoint the first."
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