Richard Cockerill unhappy with Premier Rubgy plan to allow more big-name overseas players after the World Cup

Richard Cockerill, Leicester’s director of rugby, has criticised the move to
allow a second marquee overseas player to be signed by clubs outside the
£5.

5 million salary cap.

The proposals are due to be rubber-stamped by
Premier Rugby on Wednesday.




The regulations are expected to draw a raft of blue-chip foreign players to
England after the 2015 Rugby World Cup, with stars such as the Australia
scrum-half Will Genia, who has been linked with Bath, taking a sabbatical
from his national contract before heading home to prepare for the 2019 Rugby
World Cup.




Cocke…