The paranoia surrounding coaches leaving one international camp and moving to another with a swagbag of “intellectual property”, including top-secret moves and tactics, is for the most part delusional balderdash.
Cracking the codes for lineouts or strike moves is much more likely to be achieved by the rows of analysts in rugby union bunkers around the world poring over reams of match footage, than a coach giving away a motherlode of trade secrets.
However, the obsession with secrecy, whether it is around conditioning, coaching, or playing, with some teams even deliberately obstructive in di...