The first 92 seconds of England’s imperious victory over Ireland have been well documented, and rightly so. One striking element of this whole exquisitely and precisely executed plan is that six months ago it would have been next to impossible. Six months ago, the England coaching unit was fractured. It had two big vacancies: no defence coach, no attack coach. Maybe it didn’t help that Eddie Jones had earned a reputation as being particularly hard…

Source: The Times February 05, 2019 00:04 UTC