Connacht to divvy up role of skills coach Dave Ellis

Connacht will divvy up the role of skills coach Dave Ellis among the existing management until a replacement is found.

Ellis is returning home to New Zealand to take up a coaching job with Auckland Blues after three and a half seasons at the Sportsground in Galway.

Ellis announced in October that he was cutting short his contract after being offered a skills coach position with the Blues and will not be with Connacht for the second half of the season.