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The Leicester take-over of the England hierarchy will continue at the end of this season, when Richard Wigglesworth and Aled Walters join Steve Borthwick and Kevin Sinfield in the revamped Red Rose set-up.
Hours after confirming Sportsmail's exclusive story last month that Richard Cockerill will stand down as forwards coach after the Six Nations, to take up a similar role at Montpellier, the RFU announced the impending arrival of two more recruits from the title-winning Tigers.
Wigglesworth has been in charge of the Premiership champions on an interim basis since Borthwick answered his country's call in December, but the decorated former Test scrum-half is coming into the England management team as an assistant coach.
While there has been no official clarity about his specific area of influence, he previously over-saw the attack at Leicester, which suggests that Nick Evans' involvement - on loan from Harlequins - will not extend beyond the current championship.
Walters will take over as head of S&C (strength & conditioning), following Jon Clarke's abrupt
