World Cup winner Will Greenwood expects England to appoint one of the game’s “super coaches” to replace Stuart Lancaster.
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Lancaster in a statement admitted responsibility for England’s World Cup failure, saying “we didn’t achieve success on the field when it mattered and we all have to take responsibility for that but me especially as head coach.”
He told Sky Sports News: “There will be a variety of names put forward. I don’t think they’d go with a young English coach who’s not won big trophies yet.
“Long term, (Rob) Baxter of Exeter Chiefs will be one to keep an eye on. I hope they’re monitoring him, mentoring him. But I think they will go with one of the super coaches, a coach that has won big tournaments, whether it be in Super Rugby, European Cups, Tri Nations, Rugby Championships, Grand Slams and even World Cups.”
Stuart Lancaster acted with dignity throughout his tenure and continues in that honourable manner today. But it is a results business.
— Tom Hamilton (@tomESPNscrum) November 11, 2015
Greenwood believes Lancaster’s World Cup side were not prepared for the tournament. Greenwood said: “I look back on it and I see the style in which Australia and New Zealand play, averaging 65 caps in that final. I just think that the young team were overawed.
“At key moments in games, when the pressure really came, they were unable to express themselves. It’s clear the team weren’t able to deal with the intensity of this World Cup and even if they had made the quarter-final, wouldn’t have been able to go on and win the trophy.”
