Rebel Manu begs for his Tigers job back
The Rugby Paper|July 12, 2020
MANU Tuilagi made a forlorn attempt to save his Leicester career before the Tigers confirmed his departure on Friday after ten eventful seasons.
PETER JACKSON
Rebel Manu begs for his Tigers job back

The England center made a last-minute plea for reinstatement but without making any concession towards settling his pay dispute.

“Manu wanted to come back,’’ a Tigers’ source told The Rugby Paper. “But he wanted to come back on the same terms which we had rejected. We only want people at the Tigers who really want to play for the shirt.

“Our decision will have come as a shock to him. Maybe Manu thought we would cave in but the financial crisis facing the game throughout England and beyond made that impossible.

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