ON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEIL FISSLER

Former England loosehead Perry Freshwater, below, is in advanced talks about a switch to join the Montpellier coaching staff when his contract with Perpignan runs out at the end of the season.

New Zealand-born Freshwater, 50, who also operated occasionally at hooker spent eight years with Leicester Tigers before moving to Perpignan in 2003, where he spent the rest of his playing career.
He then joined the coaching staff at the Stade Aime Giral but is likely to move on next summer to join former Tigers team-mate Richard Cockerill at GGL Stadium, with a decis...