THE rugby world was awash with tributes, praise and thanks from grateful coaches – many English as it happens from Stuart Lancaster downwards – who heaped praise on the mentoring of proud Welshman Kevin Bowring following his death at the age of 70.
Bowring – as well as coaching Wales at U21 level, Sevens and then the national team itself – was also the man who, for over a decade, coached and guided the England and RFU Academy coaches at the RFU and as such his influence will be seen and felt for years to come.
All of which seems very apt because Bowring hi...