How Sir Clive Woodward can revive France

I will admit it was a surprise to see Sir Clive Woodward’s name linked last week with the France coaching job that will become vacant after the Rugby World Cup.

If it is indeed true, and I have no concrete evidence either way, then it is certainly a brave move by Woodward.

Coaching a foreign side is never easy and in France that difficulty is multiplied by the language problems, and at the moment, in rugby terms, the rift between the French Rugby Federation and the clubs.

That is one wound that never seems to heal properly, despite some indications from time to time that it might be a…