Glasgow’s Gregor Townsend the leading light among native coaches | Robert Kitson

The Scottish coach is looking to make his mark on Europe when Glasgow Warriors play the Scarlets in back-to-back European Champions Cup matches over the next two weekendsLocally reared top-level coaches are, increasingly, a breed under threat. Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England each have a southern hemisphere leader at the helm. In this season’s Premiership – with the notable exception of Exeter’s Rob Baxter – non-English coaches such as Mark McCall, Aaron Mauger, Conor O’Shea and Dai Young are showing the way. Over in the Pro12 the top two sides, Scarlets and Connacht, are both being guided…