By JON NEWCOMBE
LEE BLACKETT’s success as a Premiership head coach comes as no surprise to one of the men who gave him his first gig.
Since taking over from Dai Young, Blackett has steered Wasps from 10th in the table into the final with yesterday’s semi-final victory over Bristol their 12th win in 13 games.
The former Leeds centre, 37, is already seven years into his coaching career having been given his first chance by Rotherham coowners, Martin Jenkinson and Nick Cragg aged 30.
Blackett got his first step on the coaching ladder by chance after Andre Bester’s fall-out wi...