Clive Woodward lambasts RFU for pinning blame on Stuart Lancaster for England flop

• ‘Those responsible for his appointment … should be looking in the mirror’• Woodward questions exclusion of English players abroadSir Clive Woodward has criticised the Rugby Football Union for laying the blame with Stuart Lancaster for England’s World Cup failure.Lancaster, who signed a six-year deal in 2014, left his position as England head coach on Wednesday after agreeing a severance deal with the RFU. The RFU chief executive, Ian Ritchie, meanwhile, has expressed his intention to lead the search for a replacement of “proven international experience”. Related: England need to change a lot…