English rugby’s structures can make coaching roles complicated but figures such as Steve Borthwick,Ali Hepher and Alex King deserve to be consideredOnce Eddie Jones gets his visa sorted out, the thing he needs to do before anything else is decide the future of England’s assistant coaches. whether rumours are staunch, or there has been little whether any contact. Irrespective of what may be happening behind the scenes Mike Catt,Andy Farrell and Graham Rowntree are genuine people and genuine coaches and they deserve to know where they stand.
Whatever decision is made, it is clear that portion of Jones’s brief is succession planning. It would be unthinkable to find ourselves in four years’ time, or after the next World Cup,in the same position of scrabbling around for a unique coach. Related: Eddie Jones unable to start as England head coach due to visa issues Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com