Brian McClennan shocked those reporting on
World Rugby News this week with his resignation as head coach of Leeds Rhinos. This wasn’t in the script for the club who were looking for McClennan to mentor former Harlequins coach Brian McDermott for a season before stepping aside and letting the former take over the reigns at Headingley.
What we need to address is whether McClennan did the right thing to move aside earlier than expected. Did he see the cracks in the Rhinos set-up and...