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Eddie’s new forwards guru will bring time, energy and emotion

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The Rugby Paper Team
19 January 2020

NICK CAIN TALKS TO KEY SOUTH AFRICAN FIGURES ABOUT ENGLAND’S NEW COACH MATT PRO UDFOOT

MATT Proudfoot’s arrival as the new England forwards coach seems like a case of ‘if you can’t beat them, get them to join you’.
Since Proudfoot’s South African scrum pulverised England’s pack to give the Springboks the winning hand in the World Cup final in Japan in early November, the 47-year-old’s stock has gone through the roof.
The result was a Twickenham headhunt for the man who helped to scupper English dreams of a second world title, resulting in th...

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