Out of contract with Wasps, and looking for a new challenge with a newborn, the fleet-footed wing accepted the Italian job
The problem is that England never took the game. Even when the momentum swung their way, England did not put their foot on the throat and keep it there.
Four years ago, the Bok scrum had no answer for what Japan threw at them. Under different guidance now, can the Brave Blossoms repeat that fantastic feat?
Nothing boosts a player's reputation in the northern hemisphere like the Six Nations and we have identified seven players who we think will be crucial to their team's chances of success over the coming weeks.
Does rugby limit itself by thinking inside the box too much? A look at English rugby and how eager the sport is in the country to embrace new tactical innovations and break the mould.
English rugby chiefs have dismissed as “absolute rubbish” a claim that head coach Eddie Jones is having to use his own salary to pay for coaching consultants to help prepare the England team just a year away from the World Cup.
England come into the 2018 Six Nations bidding to win their third-straight championship, a feat that has not been achieved since France did so in 1988, albeit with Les Bleus sharing the title with Scotland and Wales in two of those three
Mike Ford has left Toulon in the wake of their Champions Cup loss to Clermont Auvergne, with Richard Cockerill filling in for the season.
