I really hope Andy Farrell stays as coach. The next wave of players are through the roof. I really like what he has done for us. A truly fantastic coach, and he seems like an all-round decent fella. As hard as it is to think this way right now after the defeat, it's the next 4 years we now have to be building for. I cannot wait to see how it pans out. I'll be 49 by the time the next World Cup comes around. Holy Jaypers! I joined the Caf 23 years ago!
The thing about the next wave of players is the current players will prevent a lot of them getting a chance, take the No8 he’d be lucky to see the light of day at Munster as long as the best specialist No8 in Ireland is still there in Gavin Coombes, whereas Quinn will get a shot because POM is on his last legs, the young no 10 will have both Byrnes? In front of him and the 9 who looked excellent will have JGP a lot will depend on how cutthroat the clubs are.
Now for Farrell he’s been brilliant in between the cups, but this really was our shot, the Kiwis are going to have a better coaching staff, are England going to be as badly coached and the French’s next gen is scary and they have the clubs to bleed them in 150kg tualagi as a lock is going to destroy scrums and the big question is if we have a chance to get ROG do we get him or potentially let him go to England and win them a cup, because he will win it with someone.
One final thing the age of our squad Farrell will have to cut a load of players because there is a lot of them getting on 31/32 right now and we can’t bring a squad filled with 35 year olds again it’s a young man’s game especially at the back and back row forward position and this could be hindered with the clubs drive for success.