Sir Clive Woodward would be perfect head coach of France

Would Sir Clive Woodward make a good head coach of France? Mais oui.

Bien sûr.

Allez Monsieur Clive.

The language difficulties would be the least of any hurdles to clear.

As Jose Mourinho and Arsène Wenger have shown in football, sport has its own universal language.

It is about feel and detail and empathy and man-management and trust.

A touch of genius is no bad thing either.

All these men have such qualities.

Woodward ought still to be in sharp-end coaching.

He ought to be heading up business at Twickenham.

But short-sightedness and infighting did for him on that score.…