Edinburgh coaching job for MacRae

Following the appointment of Richard Cockerill as head coach, Edinburgh have confirmed that Calum MacRae will become their defence coach.

Current defence coach Peter Wilkins will leave the club at the end of the PRO12 season having joined from the Reds in the summer of 2015.

Duncan Hodge will return to the role of attack coach he held both as an assistant Scotland coach and at Edinburgh before becoming acting head coach at the capital club in September 2016.

MacRae moves back to the XVs game after successfully leading Scotland 7s to continued success on the Sevens World Series, which saw the team win an historic first World Rugby Sevens Series title in London in May 2016. MacRae played for the club between 2007 and 2009.

Current Scotland 7s strength and conditioning coach Nick Lumley will also join Edinburgh next season, with head of strength and conditioning Ashley Jones leaving the club at the end of the PRO12 season.

In a new role at Edinburgh Matt Cornwell will become head of rugby operations, joining from Leicester Tigers where he was previously team manager.