Steve Borthwick will be the toast of every home-grown coach in English rugby’s Premiership when he succeeds Eddie Jones.
So says Rob Baxter, director of rugby at Exeter, one of eight top-flight clubs led by Englishmen.
It is a quarter of a century since the Rugby Football Union last recruited directly from the club ranks, when Clive Woodward was persuaded to leave his part-time role at Bath.
