Former Leicester Tigers and London Irish hooker Jimmy Stevens is the new director of rugby at St Ives, his Cornwall home-town club.

He has stepped up from his forwards coach role to take the top job following the recent departure of Mal Roberts.

Stevens, below, who started out with the St Ives youth section and was capped by England at U16, 18 and 19 levels, made 11 first team appearances – plus 64 on loan at Nottingham – during two spells with Leicester either side of 42 appearances in his four years with London Irish. He returned to action with St Ives when they were hit by injuries and pl...