Former Hull FC coach Lee Radford has made a shock switch of codes with new American rugby union franchise Dallas Jackals. The 41-year-old will become defensive coach at the club under new head coach and director of rugby Allen Clarke, who was previously in charge at Ospreys.
The pair got to know each other when Clarke spent at week at Hull last year, and will now work in tandem at the Jackals next year.
Radford explained: “Allen Clarke was coach of Ospreys last year and came to Hull with his assistant to mirror us for a week and look how the organisation was run. “With it being a different sport there was no conflict of interest in seeing how we did things to help reinforce or progress what they were doing. “We hit it off when they came
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