Shocker - Wells and Ford to leave RFU postS

At last.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/16291369.stm

Phil Vickery is thinking about retiring as well.

Not again!

Very good news.

Just need Rob Andrew to fall on his sword now.

Well who would have seen that coming?!

Beshocked Rob Andrew has had his leash shortened he now has no influence in the affairs of the England first team.

formerly known as Sam wrote:Beshocked Rob Andrew has had his leash shortened he now has no influence in the affairs of the England first team.

I would rather they just got rid of Andrew. He influence might have waned but he's still around and that means he can still cause trouble.

Sigh so many greedy fat cats on the gravy train.

Can we have a CEO that will focus on rugby for a change and not just how to squeeze more money out of rugby fans?

The new CEO hardly looks like anything but another cut from the same cloth. I would love to be proved wrong though.

RAndrew is also in charge of overseeing the development of the age groups and the Saxons as well. They are improving under his influence. I don't like the guy but he is clearly doing something right or has hired the right people to do the job to allow him to take credit...

I rather thought that Ford and Wells were going to leave anyway, otherwise they would have been included in the "caretaker" set-up.

Good luck to them. I think they tried like heck for england, but in the end, were not moving the needle.

Wells and Ford had contracts with the RFU - I assume that an acceptable settlement has been reached.

While they are at it can they sack Hersh too?

Virtually all of the RWC Coaching team gone,predictably,bought time the RFU followed too.