Coach Ban Brought in
Rugby union: Premiership managers will be banned from taking part-time international posts going forward
The Guinness Premiership clubs have drawn up a rule which will prevent any of their coaches taking a part-time job with a national side. The sanction currently applies only to any England team.
But the rule will not be applied retrospectively, which means that the Wasps coach Shaun Edwards, who is in talks with the Welsh Rugby Union about a contract which would take him up to the end of the 2011 World Cup having joined the Wales management team on a part-time basis in January, will not have to make a choice.
The England rule was drawn up because Premier Rugby felt that, if a club coach were involved with a national team, from age-group side upwards, it would give them a potential advantage over rivals because they would be in a position to tap up players.
But the rule will not be applied retrospectively, which means that the Wasps coach Shaun Edwards, who is in talks with the Welsh Rugby Union about a contract which would take him up to the end of the 2011 World Cup having joined the Wales management team on a part-time basis in January, will not have to make a choice.
The England rule was drawn up because Premier Rugby felt that, if a club coach were involved with a national team, from age-group side upwards, it would give them a potential advantage over rivals because they would be in a position to tap up players.
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