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Cockerill to step down as England’s scrum coach after Six Nations
Richard Cockerill

RICHARD COCKERILL will step down as England’s scrum coach to take charge of Montpellier’s forwards once the Six Nations has been completed, severing the last remaining tie to Eddie Jones’ management team.

Cockerill is the only coaching survivor from the Jones era after Matt Proudfoot, Brett Hodgson and Martin Gleeson departed in the wake of the Australian’s sacking in December.

The former Leicester and Edinburgh boss was retained by Steve Borthwick, but his duties were reduced from being in overall charge of the pack to overseeing the revival of the worst performing scrum of any tier one nation in 2022.

 

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