Rugby-Blackett and McGuigan join England coaching group for summer tour


FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Premiership - Wasps v Sale Sharks - Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry, Britain - May 20, 2022 Wasps' head coach Lee Blackett Action Images/Andrew Boyers/ File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) -Lee Blackett and Byron McGuigan will join Steve Borthwick’s England coaching team for the upcoming summer tour to Argentina and the United States, the Rugby Football Union said on Monday.

Blackett, currently the attack coach of Premiership leaders Bath, will step in to replace Richard Wigglesworth while he is on duty as an assistant coach with The British & Irish Lions in Australia. Former Scotland winger McGuigan, currently defence coach at Sale Sharks, will work alongside Joe El-Abd as assistant defence coach.

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