Former Ireland A coach Steph Nel is to step down as director of rugby at relegated English Premiership club Rotherham at the end of the season the South African revealed on Monday.
The former Connacht coach was hired in October last year to try and revive the club’s fortunes in their first season in the elite league but failed to and they have garnered an embarrassing two points from their 20 matches so far.
”The position is going to be advertised and I won’t be re-applying,” Nel told the club’s website.
”There are a lot of reasons for my decision but I don’t want to go into them until we have played our last two games against Leicester and Newcastle.” – Sapa-AFP