Former England head coach Stuart Lancaster has ruled himself out of consideration for the vacant job at Harlequins, as well as any position that might come up for the foreseeable future so that he can concentrate wholly on his role with Leinster who face Racing 92 in the final of the Champions Cup in Bilbao on Saturday.

Lancaster, who was dismissed in the wake of England’s poor performance at the 2015 Rugby World Cup, is contracted with Leinster through to the end of the 2018-19 season but would be a prime target for any Premiership club given his lengthy experience and his success over the last two years as a senior coach with Leinster.

“I have not had any communication from them (Harlequins) and I have not proactively sought it,” said Lancaster, who had been without work for nine months when an opportunity as a defence coach arose unexpectedly at Leinster in September.

“I am 100 per cent committed here. It would also be 100 per cent the wrong thing to do to start talking about trying to win something at Leinster and at the same time try and create an opportunity elsewhere. I wouldn’t even contemplate doing it.”

Lancaster has no intention of seeking out possibilities that might arise over the next 12 months, preferring to be fully engaged with his hands-on coaching role at the Irish province who will be aiming for their fourth European Cup title at the San Mames stadium.