{"id":777772,"date":"2026-09-21T12:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T12:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/777772\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T12:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T12:10:15","slug":"shaun-edwards-red-roses-bring-in-famed-defence-coach-for-wxv-global-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/777772\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaun Edwards: Red Roses bring in famed defence coach for WXV Global Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On the appointment of Edwards, England head coach John Mitchell said: &#8220;Since his time with France ended, we have had a conversation about our game, and he expressed an interest in working in an international women&#8217;s set-up for the first time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;He has a huge amount of respect for the Red Roses and what we stand for; he sees it as a privilege to join our environment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;His coaching credentials are exceptional and his experience at the highest level of the game speaks for itself. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Defensively, Sarah Hunter is relishing the opportunity to learn from him, alongside the rest of our coaching group, as we head into another exciting Test match against New Zealand.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Last week, Edwards expressed his desire to return to coaching and be a part of next year&#8217;s men&#8217;s Six Nations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m def\u00adin\u00aditely open to offers now, until I sort out a full-time role,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-16142885\/shaun-edwards-england-rugby-coach.html\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he told the Daily Mail., external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m a proud Englishman and everybody loves to represent their country, don&#8217;t they? I&#8217;m no different.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the appointment of Edwards, England head coach John Mitchell said: &#8220;Since his time with France ended, we&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-777772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777772","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=777772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}