Youngs relieved to stay in frame

16 September 2014Leicester hooker Youngs was given dispensation to spend the summer looking after his ill wife Tiffany instead of touring New Zealand.

Youngs revealed head coach Lancaster immediately allayed any fears over future selection chances, telling him to focus on his family.

Now the 27-year-old is ready to repay Lancaster's backing, targeting a strong club campaign with Leicester and a return to England action in the autumn Tests.

"He understood the situation I was in, he realised it was best for me to go back and be with my family," Youngs told Press Association S…