TOM Coventry’s dismal season at London Irish need not have ended in relegation according to former Exiles backs specialist Richard Whiffin, who is now enjoying a new lease of life as Gloucester’s head of academy.
Whiffin, who served Irish for 11 years before being jettisoned at the end of the 2015-16 campaign, says Coventry never got to grips with life in the Premiership after being summoned from New Zealand side Chiefs.
Whiffin told TRP: “The most frustrating thing was that the three new coaches that season – Tom, Grant Doorey and Clark Laidlaw – didn’t ...