England prop Joe Marler has defended the tradition inside head coach Steve Borthwick’s set-up, saying it’s “worlds aside” from the latter a part of predecessor Eddie Jones’ reign.
England have misplaced defence coach Felix Jones, together with energy and conditioning workers Aled Walters and Tom Tombleson, in latest weeks.
Jones’ seven-year spell was marked by a excessive turnover of assistants and workers, with studies that the Australian’s management model was partly in charge., exterior
“The narrative that is being pushed is that Steve is an Eddie 2.0 and the setting is being repeated,” Marler instructed the For The Love Of Rugby podcast. , exterior
“I do not assume it is a honest reflection, as a result of the setting is worlds aside from what Eddie’s grew to become in the direction of that second half of his cycle, which was darkish at instances.
“I’ve a variety of respect for the Large Beev [Eddie Jones], however there have been some components of his setting that I questioned to him and questioned round him, and it is nothing like what Steve has created.”
Jones employed 18 assistant coaches throughout his time accountable for England, together with Borthwick who was forwards coach between 2016 and 2019.
Rugby Soccer Union chief government Invoice Sweeney, like Marler, has rejected the comparability between Borthwick and Eddie Jones’ regimes saying the exit of coaches this summer season is “a totally totally different scenario”. , exterior
