Back tarnished by Loffreda treatment

For Neil Back's sake, let's hope he is getting more help from his coaches at Leeds than he gave Marcelo Loffreda at Leicester last season.

Back made Loffreda's life impossible from the moment the Argentinian arrived at Welford Road, undermining him to the players and refusing to go along with any of his suggestions.

Loffreda handed a season review to the Leicester board in June. The main recommendation was that Back and fellow coach Richard Cockerill must leave the club if Loffreda was to stay.

The Argentinian was fired the next day. Back later left for Leeds, fulfilling his long-held ambition of being a head coach.

It doesn't reflect well on the former England forward that he treated Loffreda in such an underhand and petulant manner because of this ambition.