Francis Baron Quotes (9 Quotes)

The job is very much a strategic senior management role. We are looking for someone with significant previous experience but his job won't involve coaching.

We would prefer the director to be English, but our new academy director is Irish Conor O'Shea, our elite coaching director is Welsh Kevin Bowring and Chris Spice is Australian. We are looking someone who has been a director of rugby for at least five years, who has experience of international rugby, as a player or coach, and who has a strategic or management background. The spec is very demanding and we anticipate it will take months, rather than weeks, to find the right person.

We will find alternative accommodation, probably of a more modest nature.

We worked together for six years and our wives are still good friends.

I've worked with Clive for a long time. We and our wives are good friends. I have made it very clear that for the post of elite rugby director we are looking for the best person who is currently available.

Two defeats is enough. In the short term the losses have no direct impact. But you can't under-perform indefinitely and expect loyal supporters to keep buying their shirts and keep paying for tickets at Twickenham. We have to get back to winning ways.

Two is enough. You cannot under-perform continually and expect your loyal supporters to keep buying replica shirts and paying for tickets.

We needed checks and balances in the system. Andy has held his hand up to some mistakes. The director will do no coaching. He will be a sounding board.

There is no doubt that the performances of the England team since the 2003 Rugby World Cup have been unacceptable and that changes have to be made if we are to turn things round.