{"id":482520,"date":"2025-10-08T08:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T08:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/482520\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T08:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T08:49:09","slug":"rugby-transfer-round-up-cheslin-kolbe-louis-rees-zammit-maro-itoje-page-2-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/482520\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby transfer round-up: Cheslin Kolbe, Louis Rees-Zammit, Maro Itoje &#8211; Page 2 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former England coach joins Bath<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bath Rugby has confirmed the immediate appointment of Martin Gleeson as the club\u2019s new Backs and Attack Coach.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gleeson joins the Blue, Black and White with a wealth of experience, most recently serving as Assistant Coach at Warrington Wolves in the Super League.<\/p>\n<p>A former rugby league international who represented both Great Britain and England, Gleeson has also enjoyed coaching spells in rugby union with Wasps and England\u2019s senior men\u2019s team under Eddie Jones.<\/p>\n<p>Bath\u2019s Head of Rugby, Johann van Graan, welcomed the addition to his coaching staff:<br \/>\u201cWe are excited that Martin has joined our journey and we are looking forward to what he will add to this team of ours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruck.co.uk\/former-england-coach-joins-bath-with-immediate-effect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FULL STORY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chandler Cunningham-South to quit Harlequins for Gallagher Prem rival<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sale Sharks are reportedly considering another raid on Harlequins following the close-season signing of Nathan Jibulu, with England forward Chandler Cunningham-South now in their sights \u2014 a rumour first reported by\u00a0The Rugby Paper.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ibulu has made a storming start to life in the north-west, scoring tries in his first two matches. Sale\u2019s director of rugby, Alex Sanderson, sees the powerful Cunningham-South as another player to help the Sharks achieve carry dominance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI have not spoken to him yet,\u201d said Sanderson. Key word being\u00a0<strong>YET<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cunningham-South, 22, was born in Sidcup, England, and moved to New <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruck.co.uk\/chandler-cunningam-south-to-quit-harlequins-for-gallagher-prem-rival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FULL STORY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery attractive\u201d \u2013 England captain Maro Itoje considering surprise move<\/p>\n<p><strong>England and Saracens star\u00a0Maro Itoje\u00a0has revealed that he\u2019s considering a move into politics once his glittering rugby career comes to an end.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>British &amp; Irish Lions<\/strong>\u00a0skipper, who led the tourists to a 2\u20131 series win over Australia this summer, has already captained club and country and earned 93 caps for England \u2014 but he\u2019s now thinking far beyond the pitch.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruck.co.uk\/very-attractive-england-captain-maro-itoje-considering-surprise-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FULL STORY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CONTINUES ON PAGE THREE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former England coach joins Bath Bath Rugby has confirmed the immediate appointment of Martin Gleeson as the club\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-482520","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115337689305196641","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}