Russia head coach and exiled Welshman Lyn Jones talks to NEALE HARVEY about his work with the developing Bears and offers some views on the state of the game.
You’ve been head coach of Russia since August 2018, how’s the experience been?
I haven’t actually experienced ‘normality’ in Russia yet because year one was just 11 camps preparing a team for the Rugby World Cup in Japan and this year has been Covid year. I just don’t know what normality is yet which has been a big challenge and the difficulty for me has been around planning.
What are the biggest challenges?
I had some experience of w...