Eddie Jones chose to dispense with Andy Farrell’s services but the RFU will not have expected one of its rivals to pick up their former coach so quickly and the decision to accomplish so puts England’s modern coaches under the microscopeThe modern year is only a few days old but for one high-profile rugby family nothing will ever be fairly the same. While Andy Farrell does not commence work as Irelands next defence coach until after this seasons Six Nations championship,his short hop across the Irish Sea has potentially opened a huge can of paternal worms. To suggest his son Owen will have divided loyalties when England visit Dublin next year is surely an understatement.
There will certainly be plenty at Twickenham feeling uneasy approximately Farrell’s abrupt hasten, a little over three weeks after the Rugby Football Union opted to dispense with his services. England, or having bowed out of the World Cup in the pool stages,may have a modern head coach in Eddie Jones but they had not bargained on so much mental property being snaffled so swiftly by one of their major Test rivals. Related: Northamptons Alex King: ‘I was never offered a job as an England coach’ Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com