England verify teaching set-up forward of World Cup
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om Harrison has been confirmed as England’s new scrum coach, with Saracens successful the battle to retain Ian Peel.
England boss Steve Borthwick turned to Harrison after highly-rated specialist coach Peel opted to stay with the Men In Black.
New England head coach Borthwick had wished Peel to affix his new-look Red Rose set-up, however the former Newcastle Falcons prop opted to remain put in north London.
Harrison’s imminent arrival with England completes a full Leicester takeover at Twickenham.
Richard Wigglesworth will deal with England’s assault and kicking teaching duties within the build-up to the World Cup in France this autumn, with the previous Test scrum-half now leaving his interim head coach function at Leicester.
Borthwick and right-hand man Kevin Sinfield left Leicester in December to take over with England, within the wake of Eddie Jones’ sacking.
Sinfield will proceed to deal with defence as England construct in the direction of the World Cup, with their first match in France coming towards Argentina on September 9.
Aled Walters can be becoming a member of England’s ranks as head of efficiency, one other highly-rated specialist to be supplanted from Borthwick’s earlier Leicester regime.
England Sevens head coach Tony Roques may also tackle a contact and abilities coach function in Borthwick’s set-up, in the course of the summer time’s preparation and coaching camps.
Former Ireland full-back Felix Jones will be a part of England’s teaching ranks in 2024, after finishing his duties with South Africa on the upcoming World Cup.
“I am very pleased to confirm the England coaching team for the Rugby World Cup.” mentioned Borthwick.
Borthwick will lead England into the World Cup this September
/ Getty Images“Tom is an excellent coach and will have a real impact in an area that will be fundamental to us as a team.
“Leicester’s scrum is renowned across Europe and Tom has played a leading role in that success. I have full confidence in him and I am very happy that he will be joining England.
“Tony has an extensive background in Sevens and is an experienced, specialist contact and skills coach. Individual skill emphasis will be an important part of our work.
“Having worked alongside him in the 2019 campaign, I know what a good coach he is and he will really contribute to the team.
“Richard has a proven track record as a player and a player coach, and you can see what an excellent job he has done as head coach of Leicester Tigers in the past few months.
“He has played at Rugby World Cups and has coaching experience in 2019, and understands the unique demands of the tournament and the support that players need. He knows a lot of the players very well and will bring different insights to the coaching team.
“Along with Kevin and Aled, I am pleased with the balance and wide range of experience that the coaching staff will have.
“As a group, we know each other well and we know the areas we will focus on to continue developing and building this team and be the best prepared team that we can be.
“We know this World Cup will be highly competitive, but we are genuinely excited by what this group of coaches and players can achieve in France.”
England will convene for the primary time in mid-June to begin their World Cup build-up, with Japan, Chile and Samoa all mendacity in wait in Pool D, alongside the Pumas.
Borthwick’s facet face 4 warm-up matches in August, taking up Wales in Cardiff earlier than internet hosting Warren Gatland’s males within the return fixture.
England will fly out to Dublin to tackle Ireland on Saturday, August 19 earlier than entertaining Fiji at Twickenham every week later.