Rugby Digger - transfer news and rumours: 'Bath win the race to sign Joe Cokanasiga from London Irish'

Joe Cokanasiga
Could Joe Cokanasiga leave London Irish at the end of the season? Credit: GETTY IMAGES

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With London Irish heading for relegation, a number of their best players are being linked with moves away.

Former New Zealand prop Ben Franks is definitely leaving the Exiles are the end of the season to join Premiership rivals Northampton Saints as a replacement for Kieran Brookes. However, Franks is 34 and only has a couple more years left in him.

It's the younger brigade that Irish are desperate to keep hold of, especially the likes of Joe Cokanasiga who is being tipped as a star of the future.

Cokanasiga was one of the...

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