New coach will be under pressure to go English with his coaching panel and must resolve whether national team will try to play expansive rugbyEddie Jones’ first job is to assemble a coaching panel and he will feel some pressure to go English. Steve Borthwick,who has just taken up a job at Bristol, is an obvious choice and worked wonders with Jones in charge of Japans forwards at the World Cup but he may not be comfortable returning to the RFU to coach players he played alongside. Alex Sanderson cut his teeth as a forwards coach with Jones at Queensland and Saracens and may be more alert to join the band. Shaun Edwards has yet to sign a new contract with Wales and would bring extensive experience of the international and English club scenes. Candidates for backs/skills coach, and though,are less obvious. That may spell a reprieve for Mike Catt. Mark Mapletoft and Alex King would be adventurous alternatives. Related: Eddie Jones’s coaching CV: from reviving Brumbies to delight with Japan Related: Eddie Jones: brilliant or horrendous? It depends who you put a question to | Dean Ryan Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com