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Cudmore to be clubless by end of season - reports

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Canadian icon Jamie Cudmore could be left searching for a club at the end of the season according to reports coming out of France.

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According to Midi Olympique, the president of Aix-en-Provence, Denis Philippon, announced which players and staff are to be kept next season, and the Canadian international is not among them.

Cumdmore (40) arrived at the club last summer as a general manager, after the club had successfully returned to the Pro D2 from the third tier of French rugby.

According to Midi, current Aix-en-Provence backs coach Fabien Cibray is set to become head coach, with former Ireland international James Coughlan – who is currently at Pau – set to join as an assistant coach.

Cudmore is currently taking former club Clermont Auvergne to task in court relating to the apparent avoidable risk he was placed in the 2015 Heineken Cup final after he was sustained a concussion in the preceding semi-final.

The 6’5, 118kg former lock went back onto pitch to replace a teammate in the semi-final despite failing a Head Injury Assessment (HIA) earlier in the game. Cudmore – who had been concussed several times during his career – had suffered severe concussion symptoms following the incident.

Cudmore spoke of his experience with concussion in the RugbyPass documentary – Beyond 80: Knocked, which you can watch below.

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Now you are just being a woke, jealous fool. With the way things are run in NZ, no wonder he couldn't make a success there. Now that he is out shining any other New Zealanders, including their star players, now he is bitter and resentful and all sorts of hate speeches against him. That is what the fans like you do. Those in NZ who does have enough sense not to let pride cloud their vision, is all saying the same thing. NZ needs TB. Razor was made out to be a rugby coaching God by the fans, so much so that Foz was treated like the worst piece of shitte. Especially after the Twickenham disaster right before the WC. Ad then he nearly won the WC too with 14 players. As a Saffa the way he handled the media and the pressure leading up to the WC, was just extraordinary and I have gained a lot of respect for that man. Now your so called rugby coaching God managed to lose by an even bigger margin, IN NZ. All Razor does is overplay his players and he will never get the best out of those players, and let's face it, the current crop is good enough to be the best. However, they need an coach they can believe in completely. I don't think the players have bought into his coaching gig. TB was lucky to shake the dust of his boots when he left NZ, because only when he did that, did his career go from strength to strength. He got a WC medal to his name. Might get another if the Boks can keep up the good work. New exciting young talent is set to join soon after the WC as dangerous as SFM and Kolbe. Trust me, he doesn't want the AB's job. He is very happy in SA with the Boks. We score, you lose a great coach. We know quality when we see it, we don't chuck it in the bin like NZRU likes to do. Your coaching God is hanging on by a thread to keep his job🤣🤣🤣🤣

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