Clarke set for Worcester hotseat

Bath captain Ben Clarke will quit the club next season, probably to become player-coach of Worcester.

Clarke, capped 40 times by England as a back row forward, played a total of 167 games in two spells at Bath and is currently on tour with the Barbarians.

He said: 'I am sorry to leave but I am looking forward to what the future might hold.'

American Dan Lyle is likely to take over as Bath skipper.

Diego Albanese, Grenoble's Argentine winger, is the latest target for Gloucester, who have already signed two other players from France this week, Narbonne's Italy full back Christian Stoica and Aurillac fly half Ludovic Mercier.