Boyd: Why do England always pick foreigners?

By NEALE HARVEY
NORTHAMPTONSaints supremo Chris Boyd finds England’s obsession with employing overseas coaches hard to fathom given the current surfeit of homegrown talent.
Boyd believes a chronic lack of alignment between the Premiership and the RFU is mainly responsible for creating a situation where four of England’s top coaching jobs will be occupied by foreigners once Aussie Jason Ryles arrives as skills coach in November.
Melbourne Storm Rugby League man Ryles will join head coach Eddie Jones, South African forwards guru Matt Proudfoot and New Zealander John Mitchell (defe...

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