England defence coach John Mitchell: 'Adversity can make you stronger'

England’s defence coach on World Cup hopes, bouncing back from the low points and his colourful rugby journeyEvery now and again John Mitchell bumps into players with whom he worked in his first stint with England between 1997 and 2000. And every time he does so, after 25 years in elite coaching, the same thought occurs to him. “When I see Jason Leonard, Lawrence Dallaglio and Austin Healey I say to them: ‘Jeez, I wish I could coach you now with what I know.’ They just laugh.”Few rugby people, Eddie Jones included, have had to navigate as many troughs and peaks as the well-travelled Mitchell. …