George Skivington had been forwards coach with the ExilesLondon
Irish suggest breach of code has occurredLondon Irish insist they will “consider all options” after Gloucester announced the appointment of their forwards coach, George Skivington, as the new head coach at Kingsholm. The Cherry and Whites had earlier announced Skivington as the replacement for Johan Ackermann, who ended his three-year tenure in the post last month.
Ackermann has taken a role at Japanese Top League side NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes, and Gloucester are in the process of overhauling their leadership setup, with David Humphreys set to step aside as the club’s director of rugby. But the Exiles were not happy with Gloucester’s appointment, suggesting they had breached the Premiership Rugby code of conduct regarding inducement and approaches to a coach.