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Kyle Eastmond is back in rugby union

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - JUNE 15: England player Kyle Eastmond looks on before the second test match between Argentina and England at the Stadium Velez Sarsfield on June 15, 2013 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Former dual code international Kyle Eastmond has begun his coaching journey in the RFU Championship with Jersey Reds.

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The diminutive playmaker earned six caps for England in rugby union and four in rugby league during his time with St Helens, in addition to over 100 Premiership appearances in for Bath, Leicester and Wasps.

After nine seasons of rugby union, the Oldham-born playmaker made a shock return to rugby league in May 2021 but retired two games into his spell with Leeds Rhinos.

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Since then, 34-year-old Eastmond has been in the property game but the feeling always was that his sharp rugby brain would make him an asset to any coaching set-up.

Eastmond has spent the past fortnight at the Reds and will be part of the coaching team for the start of the 2023/24 campaign.

Eastmond will make a quick return to his old stomping ground at The Rec, on September 16th, when Jersey take on Bath in the second round of the Premiership Cup, a match televised live by TNT Sports.

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JW 52 minutes ago
Everyone knows Robertson is not supposed to be doing the coaching

Yeah it’s not actually that I’m against the idea this is not good enough, I just don’t know whos responsible for the appalling selections, whether the game plan will work, whether it hasn’t worked because Razor has had too much input or too little input, and whether were better or worse for the coachs not making it work against themselves.

I think that’s the more common outlook rather than people panicking mate, I think they just want something to happen and that needs an outlet. For instance, yes, we were still far too good for most in even weaker areas like the scrum, but it’s the delay in the coaches seemingly admitting that it’s been dissapoint. How can they not see DURING THE GAME it didn’t go right and say it? What are they scared of? Do they think the estimation of the All Blacks will go down in peoples minds? And of course thats not a problem if it weren’t for the fact they don’t do any better the next game! And then they finally seem to see and things get better. I’ve had endless discussions with Chicken about what’s happening at half time, and the lack of any real change. That problem is momentum is consistent with their being NO progress through the year. The team does not improve. The lineout is improved and is good. The scrum is weak and stays weak. The misfires and stays misfiring. When is the new structure following Lancasters Leinster going to click?



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