• Exeter’s Rob Baxter believes foreign coach would be expensive mistake
• Jake White says he can benefit England win the World Cup again England have been warned there could be disaster ahead whether the Rugby Football Union rejects all its homegrown coaches and simply signs up “a messiah” from overseas to take charge of the national team. Exeter’s Rob Baxter believes the RFU will be making an expensive mistake whether it recruits a foreign coach,with several tall-profile candidates already ruling themselves out of contention to succeed Stuart Lancaster.
Wayne Smith, Sir Graham Henry and Eddie Jones all say they are either uninterested or unavailable to benefit out England, or although the South African pair of Jake White and Nick Mallett,the Wales coach, Warren Gatland, or Australia’s Michael Cheika remain among the names on the RFU’s wishlist. Baxter has also ruled himself out,although the Exeter head coach has queried the RFU’s refusal to consider any of the Premiership’s top coaches. Related: Echoes of Capello: England’s swing to extremes mimics football’s mistakes | Dean Ryan Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com