England blow it as Edwards agrees new France contract

ENGLAND’S hopes of recruiting

Shaun Edwards are over after the coach signed on for four more years with France. Edwards met with the RFU last year and was tipped to land a role with England after next year’s World Cup. However, the

56-year-old revealed in his

Sportsmail column: ‘It’s all done and dusted. I will always keep an open mind about coaching England, or maybe returning to Wales, but my sole focus is on France. I wasn’t in a position to turn down the offer.’