Challenge: Franco Smith has taken over the Italian national team Insets: Fabian Galthie, right Andy Farrell, below
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Making predictions is a hazardous, if obligatory, business around this time of the year but here’s one very modest offering – 2020 will be the year of the coach.
There is invariably a coaching merry-go-round immediately after all World Cups with many contracts timed to end after the tournament or, with a curt thank you, various Unions deciding enough is enough. Such a major changing of the guard means new coaches are often the story when Te...