The Guardian's Paul Rees puts together a series of questions which he wants answered in light of the recent turmoil at the RFU.
"1. What happens next?
Assuming the Rugby Football Union stops leaking, on Wednesday the Professional Game Board will present its recommendations to the RFU's board of directors after sifting through various reviews into England's World Cup campaign. It will not have to decide on the future of Martin Johnson or Brian Smith because the team manager and the attack coach have resigned. The futures of the other coaches – John Wells, Mike Ford, Graham Rowntree – will be decided and the remit of the board was to come up with the best candidate to take charge of England for the next four years.
"Given that the start of the Six Nations is little more than two months away, there is little time to appoint a head coach/manager and a full coaching team. A caretaker administration is likely, but the board will then have to decide how to go about making a full-time appointment. It is 14 years since the RFU appointed a coach after an interview process, but with a new chief executive due to be appointed next month, that is the probable outcome. The caveat is that with the RFU, anything can happen."
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