ONE of the most vexing issues that all four Home Unions have had to face over the last eight years is that their homegrown international coaching talent is not up to the world-class standards required to win the big prizes. It explains why over that period New Zealander Warren Gatland has made the Lions and Wales his own fiefdom, and why England went Australian by appointing Eddie Jones after sacking Stuart Lancaster two seasons ago.
It is also evident in another Kiwi, Joe Schmidt, taking Ireland to new heights with their landmark win over New Zealand, as well as his fellow countryman Vern ...