ROB Andrew’s reputation as the Teflon man of English rugby may have taken a knock when he was sacked as the RFU’s professional rugby director, but he is back in non-stick mode in his newly released memoirs.
Andrew, who is now chief executive of Sussex County Cricket, uses the book to give his version of events surrounding the 2011 and 2015 World Cups, both of which saw England exit in disarray. Andrew’s testimony in Rugby: The Game Of My Life* is in both cases at odds with my own assessment of the doomed campaigns.
Andrew says that in 2011 he had grave reservations about...