• Attack coach tipped to join Australia set-up under Dave Rennie• Second member of Jones’s staff to leave after World Cup
Less than a month after reaching the
World Cup final
England are increasingly short of specialist coaches prepared to stick around and help guide the team forward. The decision of Scott Wisemantel to head back to his native Australia has now left them without an attack coach, and the forwards coach, Steve Borthwick, is to join Leicester as soon as the Rugby
Football Union can find a replacement.
With the scrum coach Neal Hatley having already rejoined Bath, the popular Wisemantel’s departure is a further blow to the head coach, Eddie Jones, and his players as they look towards commencing their 2020 Six Nations campaign against
France in
Paris on 2 February. England’s attacking game has conspicuously improved during Wisemantel’s 18-month stint with the squad and the Wallabies are now set to enjoy the benefit of his cheerful presence.