{"id":300176,"date":"2023-11-23T01:24:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T01:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=300176"},"modified":"2023-11-23T01:24:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T01:24:42","slug":"richard-cockerill-on-three-man-shortlist-to-be-head-coach-of-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/rugby-union\/richard-cockerill-on-three-man-shortlist-to-be-head-coach-of-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Cockerill on three-man shortlist to be head coach of Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Richard Cockerill on three-man shortlist to be head coach of Georgia just days after being sacked by French club side Montpellier<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Richard Cockerill was dramatically sacked by French club side Montpellier<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It came after Bernard Laporte was brought in by club&#8217;s owner Mohed Altrad<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Levan Maisashvili left his position as head coach after this year&#8217;s World Cup\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Richard Cockerill is on a three-man shortlist to take on the head coach role of ambitious Georgia just days after being dramatically sacked by French club side Montpellier.<\/p>\n<p>Former Leicester and Edinburgh boss Cockerill left his role as an England assistant to Steve Borthwick at the conclusion of this year&#8217;s Six Nations to return to France.<\/p>\n<p>But his stint in charge of Montpellier came to a dramatic end at the weekend when he was sacked by Bernard Laporte who had been brought in by owner Mohed Altrad.<\/p>\n<p>Laporte was appointed as Montpellier&#8217;s director of owner by close friend Altrad who almost immediately removed Cockerill from his position.<\/p>\n<p>The former hooker won just won of seven games with Montpellier.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/23\/00\/78135887-0-image-a-48_1700698404886.jpg\" height=\"418\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Richard Cockerill&#8217;s stint in charge of Montpellier came to a dramatic end at the weekend<\/p>\n<p>But MailSport understands Cockerill could soon be back in work with Georgia interested in his services.<\/p>\n<p>Reports in France on Tuesday suggested Cockerill&#8217;s move to Georgia is a done deal but the Lelos are still undergoing their recruitment process to find a successor to Levan Maisashvili.<\/p>\n<p>Former Georgia head coach Maisashvili left his position after this year&#8217;s World Cup but will stay with the Georgian Rugby Union in a performance role.<\/p>\n<p>Cockerill and two other unknown candidates are in the frame to replace him although it is not yet certain the former England man will take on the job.<\/p>\n<p>No date for a Georgian Rugby board meeting to see who gets their top rugby role has been set as things stand.<\/p>\n<p>But as a former front-row forward, Cockerill would be a good fit for Georgia whose traditional strength lies in their pack even if they have tried to evolve their game behind the scrum.<\/p>\n<p>Cockerill&#8217;s no-nonsense style of management would also likely go down well with the Lelos.<\/p>\n<p>Laporte&#8217;s return to Montpellier has proved controversial.<\/p>\n<p>The former France head coach and ex-World Rugby vice chairman resigned from his senior role at the French Federation in January after being found guilty of favouritism in awarding a shirt sponsorship contract for the national side to Altrad. Laporte is appealing the ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Montpellier, French champions in 2022, are bottom of the TOP14 table as things stand.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/23\/00\/78135953-0-image-a-49_1700698521085.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former Georgia head coach Levan Maisashvili left his position after this year&#8217;s World Cup<\/p>\n<p>Rene Bouscatel, president of France&#8217;s top league the TOP14, said: &#8216;It&#8217;s a question that only concerns those at the club and Bernard. It&#8217;s their business. I respect him on a sporting level, but it&#8217;s their business. In French law you&#8217;re innocent until proven guilty. We can think whatever we want but that&#8217;s what it is.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s a difficult topic if we look at it on a human level. But until he is charged or proven guilty he can do whatever he wants. I&#8217;m a lawyer, so again I know it&#8217;s innocent until proven guilty.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We can&#8217;t prevent him (Laporte) from going about his life. For me, it&#8217;s very good.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s a choice that was made by Montpellier. It&#8217;s very good that someone with the skills and experience of Bernard comes to the club. It&#8217;s a club problem. Everyone makes their choices.&#8217; Georgia Rugby has also been given another boost after they signed a three-year marketing partnership with European Professional Club rugby.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12782197\/Richard-Cockerill-three-man-shortlist-head-coach-Georgia-just-days-sacked-French-club-Montpellier.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Cockerill on three-man shortlist to be head coach of Georgia just days after being sacked by French club side <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Richard Cockerill on three-man shortlist to be head coach of Georgia - 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