![]() Liebenberg, who remains club captain having taken over from Ellis Genge when he rejoined Bristol at the start of the season, said it was a decision he supported. It is not just the change in head coach that Liebenberg has had to deal with this season.Īt the end of March, Wigglesworth made the decision to split the Tigers' captaincy, bringing in a 'matchday' skipper - with Julian Montoya given the role. Hopefully we can deliver again this weekend." Liebenberg 'fine' with 'tough' captaincy call "They got thrown in at the deep end and they came out swimming. "They've not taken a backwards step once and they've prepared us extremely well. "I take my hat off to the whole coaching staff. ![]() "We did go through a bad spell midway through the season but we picked it back up with six games on bounce - not easy games too. "We never back down from any challenge," he said. The mid-season departure of Borthwick was a crossroads in Tigers' season and Liebenberg says the squad could have "easily felt sorry for ourselves", but decided to use it as a motivation to kick on under the new coaching team under former player Richard Wigglesworth. It's a massive challenge but one we're looking forward to." Coaches 'thrown in deep end and came out swimming' "We put ourselves in contention now and it's all in our hands. "The season has brought so many changes and disruption and we said 'listen, if we all buy into this we can make a semi-final spot and anything can happen'," added Liebenberg. Wigglesworth hangs up boots to replace Borthwick.Those victories were achieved back-to-back, with Saracens, London Irish, Bath, Gloucester, Bristol and Exeter all beaten in a run stretching back to February.īefore embarking on that burst Tigers had won just once in five league games and had seen Borthwick headhunted by England, taking defence coach Kevin Sinfield with him. ![]() Tigers clinched third spot in the Premiership table after winning six of their last eight games of the regular season. "We have the chance to do something special," Liebenberg said. They take on Sale in their semi-final on Sunday at the AJ Bell Stadium. ![]()
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