![]() Ireland and France were only visible by the dust trail they left, crossing some distant horizon. They were the big losers in the competition, with Scotland nudging ahead of both countries on the development graph. While such appointments can take the pressure off the administrators that make them, it is more often than not a quick fix, and the long-term consequences are far murkier.Īt the end of the Six Nations tournament last weekend, the wisdom of the late coaching shifts in England and Wales was under more searching scrutiny than it had been at the start. (Photo by David Davies/PA Images via Getty Images) ![]() Steve Borthwick and Warren Gatland ahead of England’s clash with Wales during the Six Nations. Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose, as the saying goes. Pivac was replaced by the man he had succeeded, New Zealander Warren Gatland. Just over one month later, Jones was back in his homeland, and back as head coach of the Wallabies, who are a good chance to meet his old charges at the quarter-final stage of the World Cup. Two days earlier, Wayne Pivac had lost his job with Wales. Eddie Jones was sacked by the RFU last December, only nine short months before the start of his speciality competition, the World Cup. The demand for instant success has become epidemic in football, and now there are signs that the virus appears to be spreading to Rugby. His tenure expired less than 12 months after his appointment by Everton. Frank Lampard’s huge media profile could not save him from the executioner’s block either. Jones’ solitary win was against a team which sacked its own boss only nine days later. Jones was appointed on November 10 th 2022 and sacked on February 23 rd 2023 by the Saints his tenure lasting a mere eight League matches and brusquely ending after only 94 days in the job. ![]() The head of Southampton’s Nathan Jones is merely the latest to roll. The merry-go-round of managerial talent has become so commonplace in English Soccer that it is no longer remarkable. The fabled ‘hundred days’ which marked the triumphant return of the French military genius from the isle of Elba, his defeat at Waterloo and ultimate exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic, is small change by Premiership standards. Napoleon Bonaparte had nothing on the English Premier League.
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