Manu Tuilagi agrees Top 14 move to end 13-year England career

Not sure if this thrilling giant a mistake by Galthie. France are honorable and were embarrassed by Henry. Not sure the telling suits this French team.

the job of the England coach is to help the England team win games - not to sacrifice everything on the altar of Marcus Smith’s development!

Well, Kite is as tall as Meafou and about 10cm taller than Tuilagi, and he’s probably got another two years of growth in him, so he’s probably good for another inch at least.

He’s listed as being around the same weight as Meafou and Tuilagi. Personally I find that hard to believe. He doesn’t look that big in pictures, but I guess he could have gained weight recently (presumably he’s gaining a lot of weight, very rapidly, all the time). But if he is that big, surely he’ll continue growing? No one is fully bulked out at 16.

does this mean running team briefings on the morning before and evening after training? or does it just mean linking up with players before and after camps to discuss progress (which presumably he will be doing anyway in his capacity as head of player “roadmaps”)?

“He can assist Mzwandile Stick with the off-the-ball work”

I’ve always wondered what Stick did. If they have a specialist coach to deal with off-the-ball-work that’s really fascinating.

“Felix will also work with the Junior Springboks and Springbok women”

This seems very positive. I don’t follow women’s rugby but I gather that ppl woker than me see the lack of development of the women’s team as something of an embarrassment for the SARU. More pertinently the failures of the Junior Springboks risk having a really long term detrimental impact on the SA senior side.