Steve Borthwick can ‘show pathway for English coaches’ says Rob Baxter

Rob Baxter says his rival has earned shot at England job

IN DEMAND: Leicester Tigers head coach Steve Borthwick.

Steve Borthwick will prove English-reared coaches are as talented as any of their overseas counterparts when he is formally anointed as Eddie Jones’s successor, according to one of his main Premiership rivals. 

With the Rugby Football Union preparing to unveil Borthwick as the new national head coach, Exeter’s Rob Baxter believes the pending appointment is a positive one which will be welcomed across the English game On the day he and his Chiefs coaching staff confirmed new long-term deals to stay at Exeter for the next four years, Baxter suggested the entire Premiership will applaud the choice of an Englishman for the top role.