LAWRENCE Dallaglio hopes the RFU have learned their lesson and will no longer jettison coaches too soon.
The World Cup winner insists it is time to stop using the England coaching post as a “graduate programme” and show some more loyalty when things go badly.
Andy Farrell, Stuart Lancaster, Graham Rowntree and Mike Catt have all gone on to prove themselves outstanding top level coaches since being released from Twickenham following the failed 2015 home World Cup campaign.
Farrell has just led Ireland to backto-back Six Nations titles, assisted by Mike Catt, while Stuart Lancaster is now boss at Racing after a successful spell at Leisnter, and Graham Rowntree is in charge of URC champions Munster.
Dallaglio, below, said: “What we seem to do in England is treat the coaching job as a graduate programme. You get the job when you haven’t had much coaching experience. You make lots of mistakes, get released and go on to become a very good head coach for another country. That’s basically what’s happened since 2003.
“Anyone who thinks any different needs to look back at the appointments and realise this. Had the RFU had a bit of patience they may have recognised there was a really good coach in there who has gone on to become a fantastic coach. As has Mike Catt and Stuart Lancaster!
“When they first took the England roles they were fairly new to coaching and will probably admit themselves they made a lot of mistakes. But that’s the way it seems
