By RugbyFan
September 5 2021

Richard Cockerill joins as a forwards coach and will work alongside Matt Proudfoot. He had a distinguished playing career, winning 27 caps for England and making more than 250 appearances for Leicester Tigers, along with spells at Coventry and Montferrand.

England Head Coach said of Cockerill's appointment, "We’re two years from the World Cup so we wanted to freshen up our coaching team and get the right people in place for where we want to go – which is to win the World Cup," said England head coach, Jones.

"We’ve added Richard to the team to work with Matt to create a dominant forward pack. He’s a former England player, has great coaching experience and comes in as a well-rounded, mature, driven English coach."

England will then begin preparations for their three Test matches at Twickenham Stadium this autumn with a week’s training camp in Jersey (25-29 October).

Strive Health Performance Center Jersey

They will be hosted by Jersey Reds and use the facilities at the Strive high performance centre, adjacent to the rugby club.   High performance athletes and health club members  have their own training areas – developed by high-performance specialist Tim Exeter, who has previously worked with Ryder Cup golfers and numerous Olympians – and they will each be equipped with apparatus that rivals any elite gym in the country. Together, they house £1million-worth of training aids.

England v Tonga on Saturday 6 November (3.15pm KO), 

England v Australia on Saturday 13 November (5.30pm KO),

England v South Africa on Saturday 20 November (3.15pm KO).

Tickets for England v Tonga go on general sale on Wednesday 8 September, priced from £37 for adults and at £22 for children via EnglandRugby.com/Tickets.

Tickets for England v Australia and England v South Africa are on sale now.

The games will also be live on Amazon Prime.