What Needs to Change at England? | Danny Cipriani | The Big Jim Show 

It’s hard to disagree with this, state schools need a little help so the RFU can utilise the talent pool

Zach Guildford too😪

Cipriani didn’t. No real substance over style and the worst defender in the history of Super Rugby whose teammates didn’t want to play with him suggests otherwise. Henson was the real deal, if only …

​@@RicONeill1964 that was in 2012. He got much better. He was voted the players player of the year in 2019 and you don't get that without any substance.

Gavin Henson won 2 grand slams.

@@matthewbazeley2984 yh, true. Cips offered a lot more than just those early yrs

He’s not doing the book for money either …..😂

More guns too?

@@darthmong7196 The pen is mightier when tje sword and indeed the gun too

yes, manage the fkn system

It's not like former England coach Andy Farrell and current England Coach Kevin Sinfield have a RL background. Plus all the Larder's etc. Have a word with yourself. Also rarely for a coach I don't think he's ever been sacked. Might be wrong, but I think he's always just moved at the end of his contract.

Back on the amateur RU days Cipriani would have good in League. Very similar to Jiffy in how he was treated in RU and how they played.

Edwards won't coach england or many good coaches as its a poisoned chalice; with a old boys rfu that like to control them too much, toxic fans and media that jump on every mistake and turn on them after a couple of bad games and a club system that dominates the international set up making it hard to get the players they need when they need them...English rugby needs a massive change from the top down to encourage innovation, cip might be a narcissistic but he's not always wrong when talking about English rugby.

I've heard it from an England World Cup winning player. Edwards will never be welcome at the RFU. The powers that be find him frightfully northern and can't work with such a beastly fellow

Worst defender in the history of Super Rugby. Teammates didn’t want to play with him either.

Absolutely… he was a good player, particularly at club level - very skilled, but not a Finn Russell and nowhere near the control and managed poise of a Dan Carter. He has his chances for England, and different times in his career, and blew them. That’s on him. He’s sounded resentful and bitter now. Part of a team sport is being a team man.. and Cips was never that. Finn has learned to be .. Danny never did.

Cipriani was always overrated, and I say that as an england fan

@@Alex-mj5dv We'll never know how good Cipriani could have been, never near the level of Dan Carter, we'll see very few that will reach a similar level. Rugby union doesn't have the coaches that can manage players that don't conform. Basketball had it with Phil Jackson managing Dennis Rodman by working with Michael Jordan, Alex Ferguson was able to manage Cantona and would have probably saved Gazza if he had gone to United. Cipriani is making a very valid point, the RFU needs to reform the coaching system in order to deliver an entertaining product. We need characters that people want to come and see and feel they have a connection with. Owen Farrell has no personality and is atrocious in interviews, we need exciting players who can connect with the general public.

Oh he was a maverick, but could’ve been a top player.... England wasted him. However, I think the problem with Danny lies elsewhere - in the faux ‘north London ghetto accent, like’! I think the bigger problems were off the field. Yes, a classic narcissist...

I wasp aWasps season ticket holder he was worth the entrance fee and not a matcho knuckle head like most commentors seem to respect

SA don't worship rugby. They worship kicking the ball in the air and steroid abuse. It's like watching the Mr Universe competitors try to play Australian Rules Footie.

His dad is from Trinidad

You knows it, blud.

He went to a private school,totally put on,go listen to him speak earlier on in his career