Gloucester have appointed Allan Lewis as the club's academy director to work with senior and junior academy bosses Mark Cornwell and Phil Greenaway.

Lewis will combine the job with his existing role as head coach of Hartpury College where Gloucester train.

"It's an ideal set up for us - an ideal appointment," managing director Ken Nottage told BBC Radio Gloucestershire.

Nottage also confirmed former captain Jake Boer is not being offered a role on the club's backroom staff.

Boer returned to the club as a player in October 2009 to ease an injury after two years out of the sport and stayed for the rest of the season.

His impact off the field was such that at an end of season fans forum the club's top brass talked of keeping him on in a mentoring role, but that will now not happen.

"We just don't have a role for Jake here," said Nottage. "We have had discussions with him and we've decided with the structure that we've got , we're in a position that we want to go ahead with that structure.

"That doesn't include Jake, we've made that clear to him and he's now moving on to other things.

"It's not a case of cutting the cloth and that wasn't the reason - it's all about coaching structure and the support structure to the level that you want."

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