{"id":468365,"date":"2026-03-10T20:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T20:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/468365\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T20:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T20:25:09","slug":"phil-cokanasiga-signs-for-fierce-rivals-of-brother-joe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/468365\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Cokanasiga signs for fierce rivals of brother Joe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ospreys<\/a> inside centre Phil Cokanasiga<\/a> is heading back to the Gallagher PREM next season after Gloucester<\/a> raided the South Wales<\/a> side for the third time.<\/p>\n

Former England<\/a> U20 international Cokanasiga, who is the younger brother of Bath<\/a> and England international Joe, has scored four tries in 13 appearances for the United Rugby Championship<\/a> outfit this season.<\/p>\n

He joined the Swansea-based outfit at the start of last season and will join his team-mates Jac Morgan<\/a> and Dewi Lake<\/a> at Kingsholm, while Jean Kleyn<\/a>, Dan Robson<\/a>, and Joe Joyce<\/a> are the other three new arrivals.<\/p>\n

Cokanasiga, who also plays at outside centre, came through the London Irish<\/a> Academy, moved to Leicester<\/a> Tigers in 2022, where he also spent time on loan in the Championship with Nottingham.<\/p>\n

He was also a member of the Tigers side that lost the Premiership Cup<\/a> Final at Kingsholm in March 2024, and feels that he is much better for his time with the Ospreys.<\/p>\n

Fixture<\/p>\n

United Rugby Championship<\/p>\n

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Benetton <\/p>\n

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Ospreys <\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m really excited to take on a new opportunity in the PREM. My time with the Ospreys has been invaluable, and I feel it\u2019s prepared me really well to step back into the Gallagher PREM sharper, hungrier, and more confident in my game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI already know a lot of the players and coaches at Kingsholm, so I\u2019m looking forward to settling in quickly this summer and getting out on the pitch in front of the Gloucester fans. I can\u2019t wait to be part of it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Cherry and Whites head coach, George Skivington, is pleased to be adding Barnet-born Cokanasiga to the squad as they look to rebuild following a poor campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhil is a talented rugby player, and he\u2019s coming off the back of a successful second season with the Ospreys. He\u2019ll be a great addition for us when he arrives, and will add extra quality to a midfield which is already very strong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ospreys inside centre Phil Cokanasiga is heading back to the Gallagher PREM next season after Gloucester raided the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-468365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}