RFU CEO Bill Sweeney and Director of Performance Rugby Conor O’Shea have intimated they want the next England head coach to be English, and to be confirmed and installed as part of the set-up ahead of the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France, before taking over from Eddie Jones afterwards
By Michael Cantillon
Last Updated: 31/03/22 6:19pm
Steve Borthwick, Rob Baxter and Andy Farrell have been mentioned. We take a look at the potential candidates to replace Eddie Jones…
We look through the potential contenders who the RFU could turn to after Eddie Jones leaves his role as England head coach…
Listening to the noises coming out of the RFU in recent weeks, it appears they are aiming for two key things in the replacement of Jones: for the next England head coach to be English, and potentially for them to come into the set-up and shadow Jones before his departure.”We’ve got an advanced succession plan in place,” RFU CEO Bill Sweeney has said. “We’ve got a war room that’s got every English coach you can imagine – based here and based internationally. It’s got contracts and all sorts of things. There’s a very definite plan. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney insisted that England’s Six Nations campaign was simply ‘not good enough’ RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney insisted that England’s Six Nations campaign was simply ‘not good enough’ “We believe we’ve got such a wealth of English coaches in the game. As a leading rugby nation, we should be developing English coaches and an English style of play. That should be long-term and therefore the preference would be to have an English set-up as far as I’m con …