Suited to assistant’s role for now: Stephen Jones
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Stephen Jones has the greatest rugby mind of anyone I’ve worked with and in my view the right move for him now is to follow Wayne Pivac to Wales after the 2019 World Cup.
Before Scarlets fans bite my head off at that statement, let me explain the thought process. Firstly, I’ve been very clear in how much I rate Stephen as a coach so I won’t go over old ground here.
But there are a couple of very important reasons why I think my former team-mate will continue to excel in an assistant coach role...