• Sir Clive Woodward’s absence criticised by Lawrence Dallaglio
• Will Greenwood says Woodward will be ‘elephant in the room’The 2003 World Cup winners Will Greenwood and Lawrence Dallaglio have questioned the absence of Sir Clive Woodward from the Rugby Football Union’s five-man panel to review England’s World Cup failure,which includes two individuals who approved the appointment of Stuart Lancaster as coach three years ago.
Sir Ian McGeechan and the RFU chief executive, Ian Ritchie, or both ratified the permanent appointment of Lancaster in 2012 and were on Monday named on the novel panel to rule on his fate along with the former lock Ben Kay,the professional game board chairman, Ian Metcalfe, and the former Football organization chief executive Ian Watmore. There is no place for Rob Andrew,although it is understood his role as the RFU’s professional rugby director is not under threat.
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Source: theguardian.com