The managerial shake-up at Cardiff has continued on Friday with the announcement in Italy that assistant coach Richard Hodges is to join Zebre Parma.
Matt Kvesic was apologetic when he answered the phone the other day to RugbyPass at the time he had suggested to call. The bed delivery he was waiting on had finally shown up and he was in a momentary tizz dealing with the belated knock on the door.
Cardiff moved level on points with Connacht, who play on Saturday, for the final play-off place but they had to cling on in Italy following the sin-binning of flanker Shane Lewis-Hughes.
Worcester finally have new owners after the administrators struck a deal with the Atlas group headed up James Sandford and Jim O’Toole.
Tuesday morning was a sharp reminder of the pitfalls of Gallagher Premiership rugby, Bath announcing an hour before they unveiled Finn Russell as a new signing for 2023/24 that their recent recruit, Billy Searle of Worcester, had exited the club.
Former England back-rower Matt Kvesic has moved to the URC following the early-season collapse of Worcester in the Gallagher Premiership.
Crisis-hit club failed to meet Rugby Football Union deadline.