The panel that will decide the fate of the England head coach Stuart Lancaster has been named by the Rugby Football Union.
It will consist of Ian Ritchie, the RFU chief executive; Ian Metcalfe, the Professional Game Board chairman; Ben Kay, the former England World Cup winner; Ian Watmore, an England Rugby 2015 board member; and Sir Ian McGeechan, the former Lions and Scotland coach.
They will undertake a review of England’s performance at the World Cup with a statement on the RFU website saying: “The panel will seek to identify recommendations and actions in a bid to enable the England senior team to be in the best possible position to compete and win at the highest level.”
Ritchie said: “While the RFU will be focusing on continuing to deliver a fantastic tournament over the next two weeks, it is hugely disappointing not to have progressed through to the knockout stages.
“With that in mind, we have begun to review the senior team’s campaign to ensure that we learn and improve from this experience in order to be consistently successful.
“There will be extensive input from players, coaches and management staff, as well as an external perspective gathered. The details of this feedback will remain confidential, with recommendations then made to the RFU board.”
