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Ex-England boss Lancaster appointed Racing 92 coach / Photo: © AFP/File
Ex-England boss Lancaster appointed Racing 92 coach
Leinster's former England head coach Stuart Lancaster has been appointed Racing 92 boss for next season, the Irish province announced on Monday.
Lancaster, 52, took his country to a pool stage exit on home soil at the 2015 Rugby World Cup before heading to Dublin a year later as a senior coach.
"Initially it was for just one season and here I am entering my seventh and that is a reflection on all the players past and present I have worked with and the people of Leinster and Ireland who have made me and my family feel so welcome," Lancaster said in a Leinster statement.
"I have always wanted to challenge myself as a coach in different ways and the opportunity to coach in France at a club like Racing 92 is an exciting one and I will look forward to that challenge when it comes," he added.
Lancaster won the 2018 European Champions Cup and the Pro14 title on four occasions in the Irish capital.
U. Schmidt--BTZ
