The auction for Will Greenwood at the Dorchester on Tuesday night was attended by Lawrence Dallaglio, Andy Gomarsall, Mike Catt, Michael Lynagh, and Jason Leonard, to name but a few, and the one shock for me came in the Q&A session (perhaps you're better informed tham I am) where it was clear that several members of the current England team do not want Brian Ashton to continue as coach. It appears that after the 36-0 defeat by South Africa, they were so distressed by the lack of direction, that they damn nearly took over the reigns themselves, or at least that was the impression three of the veterans gave, and which was repeated in the Daily Telegraph today. I also read in today's Telegraph that Alan Jones, who coached Australia 20 years ago, is being considered to take over the national team once again. God help us. Some of us remember that when he brought his Australian team over to England, he beat everything in sight - England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Barbarians. Perhaps Rob Andrew should be on the phone to him, and certainly put him on the short list.
The auction raised £100,000 for Tommy's, and one of the most popular items of the evening was a dinner with Martin Johnson and Phil Vickery, for 10 people, which went for £12,000.
The auction raised £100,000 for Tommy's, and one of the most popular items of the evening was a dinner with Martin Johnson and Phil Vickery, for 10 people, which went for £12,000.
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After the defeat 30-0. The players came off expecting Ashton to tell them what they had done wrong. If a team is over coached they can then blame the coaching when things go wrong and it becomes the coaches fault and not the players. These are grown men they know what went wrong it was their fault. Ashton did not treat them like children he knew what went wrong and only the players could sort it out. Maybe he should have been more involved, but not much. If you treat people like children they behave like children. Ashton treated them like adults and in the end they behaved like adults.
They did far better than expected.
Give Ashton more time.
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