Cockerill: The PRO14 needs relegation to add an edge

Enjoying the challenge: Richard Cockerill

RICHARD Cockerill believes a lack of relegation is holding back the PRO14.
With the fear of relegation hanging over Premiership clubs there is less of an opportunity to rest players, resulting in full blooded fixtures week in week out.
Despite enjoying his time as head coach of Edinburgh the former Leicester Tigers director of rugby admits the lack of jeopardy is something the PRO14 has to address.
“In the PRO14 a lot of the teams are heavily centrally funded, there’s a lot of focus on Test matches and Europe,” C...

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