JON NEWCOMBE talks to Martin Haag, one of rugby’s very best ‘lost’ coaches

DEAN RYAN’s tenure at the RFU was a bit like a Jofra Archer bouncer – short and brutal, but not sustained.
And like Australian Ashes superstar Steve Smith, those at the receiving end of his ruthless clear out are unlikely to stay down for long given their undoubted pedigree.
Hugely well-respected coaches such as John Fletcher, Peter Walton and Russell Earnshaw were shown the door by the current Dragons DoR during his time as the RFU’s head of international development, despite...