Cockerill’s next gig is in France
EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 18: Richard Cockerill, Head Coach of Edinburgh Rugby during the European Rugby Challenge Cup Round 6 match between Edinburgh Rugby and Agen at Murrayfield Stadium on January 18, 2020 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images)
ON THE BLINDSIDE
England boss Steve Borthwick will be losing another member of Eddie Jones' backroom team at the end of the Six Nations.
Former Leicester and Edinburgh boss Richard Cockerill, below, is understood to have agreed to join Montpellier, who have been busy hoovering up English talent for next season.
Cockerill, who spent two years playing in France for Montferrand, now Clermont Auvergne, joined up with England in 2021 when his deal in the Scotland capital ran out.
Blindside understands that Exeter trio Harry Williams, Sam Simmonds and Luke Cowan-Dickie might not be the last of the English players he is targeting.
