Racing 92 confirm the immediate effect exit of Camille Chat

Super rugby is back with a bang but defence is very much optional in that league. It’s brilliant to watch but can have it’s limitations with the players it conditions for test level. They only really attempt penalty is goals in knockout games late in the season. Barrett and M’ounga had obvious struggles with pressure kicks last RWC. Barrett hadn’t even attempted a drop goal until he was around 70 caps.

It’s boring but defence still wins tournaments.

England will no doubt benefit from more highly skilled attacking players (assuming they allow them to play with some autonomy) but test matches are rarely high scoring affairs. It's good that our players are becoming more skilled, we've long played second fiddle in those stakes to the SH (and still do) but the players also need to learn how to grind out gnarly wins. The Premiership is already a very high scoring league, we don't need to push it any further.

His ultimate aim is to coach at international level again.

Tom Coughlin won the SB at the age of 76, and NFL does not suffer coaching fools gladly. Gregg Popovich is 75 and has been coaching the San Antonio Spurs since 1988 and he’s won five NBA title in three diff decades. Andy Reid is 67 and won the last two SBs with the Chiefs.

And in regard to Les Kiss’s age, well Nick Nurse got his first crack at the NBA in 2019, promptly winning a championship with the Raptors!

Rugby won’t go down the Soccer road and hire-and-fire like it’s the Wild West. It will find the value in older coaches as time passes. And even the manager of Real Marid is Carlo Ancelotti - aged 65!