ON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEIL FISSLER

England and Lions winger Jack Nowell has spoken to European champions La Rochelle about a switch to France when his contract with Exeter Chiefs runs out at the end of the season.
The Chiefs have now admitted defeat in their bid to keep the Cornishman at Sandy Park next season and accept he will join the exodus of bigname players away from the club in the last two years.
They recently had talks with Nowell, left, in a bid to thrash out an agreement but failed to reach a deal, and Champions Cup holders La Rochelle have made him an offer to move to the Bay of ...