When the appointment of Franco Smith as head coach of Glasgow Warriors was announced, I for one was delighted.
It would have been so easy for the clamour for the appointment of a Scottish coach to be satisfied, but quite frankly, although there will be a raft of suitable Scottish candidates in a year or two, what the Warriors need right now is a coach with international experience who knows the United Rugby Championship and can bring specialist knowledge to bear on Glasgow’s biggest task – coping with the four South African teams who have made life hell for just about everybody else in the URC when they are playing at home. And not much easier when they are on the road…
