Victory on a brutally cold Swansea night marked the beginning of the end of Steve Borthwick's time with Leicester and was a fitting way to start the long goodbye.
Borthwick remains the RFU's wanted man to succeed the sacked Eddie Jones as England head coach and it is now a matter of time until he steps into the Twickenham hotseat.
Negotiations between the RFU and Leicester remain ongoing. It has left Borthwick, who again reiterated he expects to be in charge of the Tigers against Clermont on Saturday, in a tricky position. Borthwick doesn't and never will do headline quotes.