Accidents have meant that Martin has performed virtually as usually for England this season as he has for Tigers.
The combative ahead featured in 5 of their opening 11 Premiership video games earlier than the Six Nations, and likewise in two European Champions Cup group video games in that point.
Martin’s kind for membership and nation lately, together with a begin for England of their 2023 World Cup semi-final defeat by South Africa having largely been used from the bench through the competitors, has linked him with a possible first British and Irish Lions call-up, exterior for the approaching summer time.
Whereas Cheika was open about Martin’s unlikely involvement with Tigers for what stays of the season, the Australian wouldn’t be drawn on the way it would possibly influence his Lions’ hopes.
“I do not learn about that bit,” Cheika added. “I would quite simply discuss Leicester and [you] make your individual conclusions off the again of that. The vital factor is for him to get better at this stage.”
Whereas third-placed Tigers could not have Martin for what stays of the marketing campaign, fellow England worldwide Ollie Chessum is edging nearer to creating his first look because the Six Nations.
“Ollie has been concerned these previous couple of weeks, and we began getting him concerned a bit extra at the moment,” Cheika mentioned.
“I believe off the again of what we see tomorrow we’ll get image of whether or not he’ll be out there this week. The identical with Julian Montoya. Tommy Reffell is probably the most energetic of all of them.”
Tigers are subsequent in motion on Sunday away to second-placed Bristol Bears.
