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<\/p>\nThe former Wales coach could soon be out of a job<\/p>\n
Shaun Edwards is set to leave France(Image: Getty)<\/p>\n
Shaun Edwards has been accused of lacking “focus, concentration and commitment” as he gets set to leave his role as defence coach of France.<\/p>\n
The former Wales defence coach is on the verge of getting booted out of Fabien Galthi\u00e9’s backroom team just 15 months before the Rugby World Cup<\/a> in Australia.<\/p>\n This has sent shockwaves through the rugby world after a successful period which includes three Six Nations<\/a> titles and a Grand Slam in 2022.<\/p>\n But according to L’Equipe<\/a> there had been doubts within the France camp about Edwards for quite some time due to the Englishman allegedly losing “influence” and “clout”.<\/p>\n It had apparently been a regular topic of conversation within French clubs since 2024.<\/p>\n Win free tickets to watch Fiji v Wales in Cardiff this summer<\/a><\/p>\n “The last Six Nations Championship was simply a revelation or confirmation that Edwards was no longer fulfilling his role. It couldn’t continue like that until the 2027 World Cup,” a well-placed source told L’Equipe under anonymity.<\/p>\n Despite being under contract until 2027 Edwards was not present when the coaching staff met in Narbonne and Montpellier last month.<\/p>\n It was during this meeting Galthi\u00e9 allegedly announced Edwards would no longer be a part of France’s coaching team.<\/p>\n L’Equipe report discussions between the French Rugby Federation (FFR) and Edwards’ representatives to reach an amicable agreement are currently taking place.<\/p>\n It is unclear what Edwards’ next move would be, with the rugby league<\/a> legend having previously voiced his desire to coach one of the big Southern Hemisphere nations.<\/p>\n But he has never coached England and there are plenty of people across the Severn Bridge who would want to see the 59-year-old coach the land of his birth.<\/p>\n A return to Wales is extremely unlikely with Steve Tandy having recently appointed Peter Murchie as full-time defence coach.<\/p>\n Get daily breaking news updates on your phone by joining our WhatsApp community here<\/a>. We occasionally treat members to special offers, promotions and ads from us and our partners. See our Privacy Notice<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The former Wales coach could soon be out of a job Shaun Edwards is set to leave France(Image:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629180,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,50159,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-632887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-shaun-edwards","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}