Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney insists there has been no contact with Ireland head coach Andy Farrell as part of England’s succession planning beyond next year’s World Cup.
Sweeney has indicated that current head coach Steve Borthwick will be given the summer tour to orchestrate a revival following an abject Six Nations campaign which saw England finish fifth having suffered four successive defeats.
If Borthwick delivers a satisfactory return against South Africa, Fiji and Argentina in July, he will be in a position to see out his contract until Australia 2027 when it expires.
Farrell’s deal with Ireland also ends after the global showpiece and he revealed in the wake of the Six…