ENGLAND rugby manager Steve Borthwick welcomed Thomas Tuchel into the international club – but warned that foreign managers do not tend to produce winning sides. Borthwick suggested that the

By Mitch Phillips LONDON (Reuters) -England coach Steve Borthwick said on Wednesday that the recent merry-go-round of coaching assistants would not disrupt his preparations for the November internationals and pointed to a core of consistency among his trusted deputies.

England head coach Steve Borthwick believes there has been a ‘pretty seamless’ transition in his coaching staff, following a summer of upheaval in his ranks. Head of strength and conditioning Aled Walters and fellow strength and conditioning coach Tom Tombleson have both left their posts since England’s summer tour to Japan and New Zealand and Felix Jones is currently working remotely after resigning from his post as defence coach after the tour.