It remains uncertain as to whether Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend will seek to replace AB Zondagh, whose departure from the role as attack coach of the national team was announced yesterday, or whether he will seek to fill the void himself.
It seems most likely that he will go for the second of those options given that attack is Townsend’s own specialist area and quickly recruiting an individual of the requisite calibre will be tricky and expensive at this stage in the season/World Cup cycle.
Another option is bringing Mike Blair, who previously worked under Townsend in the international set-up before taking over from Richard Cockerill as head coach of Edinburgh in late summer 2021, back into the Scotland fold. But the former scrum-half, who had a promising first season in charge of the capital club and is in the middle of a challenging second campaign, needs to be given an opportunity to fully develop in his current role.
