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Paul Rees: Will England grab the man of steel, Shaun Edwards?

Paul Rees considers whether Shaun Edwards may end up on Steve Borthwick’s staff if he parts company with France…
Shaun Edwards has been involved in every Six Nations since 2008

There have been better times to be a defence coach with the game taking the ‘entertainment’ route and focusing on quick release, increased ball in play time and zero tolerance to acts of sabotage by defenders.

Television match officials are far more likely to intervene for a borderline knock-on, as happened at Franklin’s Gardens last weekend which cost Gloucester seven points in a match they lost by four, than an attacker joining a ruck close to the opposition line from the side or diving over the top of it and sealing off, an act that cost Northampton Saints the lead late on at Bath in their...

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