IT’S hard not to see a large crack in England’s runway to the 2027 World Cup with the RFU’s decision to give head coach Steve Bothwick a contract extension until after the 2028 Six Nations.
It is reminiscent of the tangle that RFU chief executive Bill Sweeney, and his Teflon-coated performance director, Conor O’Shea, got themselves, and England, into by giving Eddie Jones multiple extensions.
After almost four years in the job, Borthwick has won no silverware of note, and presides over a team which has become a template of inconsistency, with no clear styl...