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Richard Cockerill
Richard Cockerill (born 16 December 1970) is an English rugby union coach and former player and was last the Head Coach of the Georgian National Rugby Team.
Prior to this he was the manager of Top 14 side Montpellier and was also the England national team's interim head coach between Eddie Jones and Steve Borthwick. He played as a hooker, spending the majority of his career at Leicester Tigers where he played 255 games over two spells, he won 27 caps for England and was included in the 1999 Rugby World Cup squad. He won five league titles, two European Cups and two domestic cups as a player.
Following his retirement from playing in 2005, Cockerill commences his coaching journey leading to success in England in Scotland.
Cockerill was born in Rugby, Warwickshire, and began his rugby journey with Newbold-on-Avon RFC before moving to Coventry in 1991.
In 1992, he Joined Leicester Tigers, and established himself as the "B" of the "ABC club" alongside Graham Rowntree (A) and Darren Garforth (C). Whilst at Leicester he helped the side to seven English Premiership finals, lifting the trophy in 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
Cockerill was an unused replacement for both the 2001 and 2002 Heineken Cup winning finals.
He made his England debut against Argentina in 1997 and later his first match at Twickenham was as a half-time replacement for the Bath hooker Andy Long in Clive Woodward's first match in charge against the Wallabies. Cockerill's performance earned him a starting place against New Zealand, where he stood up to Norm Hewitt during the haka (see book cover).
A dip in form led him to lose his first choice hooking position at Leicester to Dorian West and was also dropped from the England side after criticising Woodward in his book entitled In Your Face. He subsequently moved to France, to play for Montferrand (now known as ASM Clermont Auvergne) but re-signed again for Leicester for the 2004–05 season.
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Richard Cockerill
Richard Cockerill (born 16 December 1970) is an English rugby union coach and former player and was last the Head Coach of the Georgian National Rugby Team.
Prior to this he was the manager of Top 14 side Montpellier and was also the England national team's interim head coach between Eddie Jones and Steve Borthwick. He played as a hooker, spending the majority of his career at Leicester Tigers where he played 255 games over two spells, he won 27 caps for England and was included in the 1999 Rugby World Cup squad. He won five league titles, two European Cups and two domestic cups as a player.
Following his retirement from playing in 2005, Cockerill commences his coaching journey leading to success in England in Scotland.
Cockerill was born in Rugby, Warwickshire, and began his rugby journey with Newbold-on-Avon RFC before moving to Coventry in 1991.
In 1992, he Joined Leicester Tigers, and established himself as the "B" of the "ABC club" alongside Graham Rowntree (A) and Darren Garforth (C). Whilst at Leicester he helped the side to seven English Premiership finals, lifting the trophy in 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.
Cockerill was an unused replacement for both the 2001 and 2002 Heineken Cup winning finals.
He made his England debut against Argentina in 1997 and later his first match at Twickenham was as a half-time replacement for the Bath hooker Andy Long in Clive Woodward's first match in charge against the Wallabies. Cockerill's performance earned him a starting place against New Zealand, where he stood up to Norm Hewitt during the haka (see book cover).
A dip in form led him to lose his first choice hooking position at Leicester to Dorian West and was also dropped from the England side after criticising Woodward in his book entitled In Your Face. He subsequently moved to France, to play for Montferrand (now known as ASM Clermont Auvergne) but re-signed again for Leicester for the 2004–05 season.