Former Wales head coach Chris Horsman says Cunningham faces major scrutiny.
But he believes the coach has enough credit – just – to survive a whitewash in South Africa, given successive third-place finishes in the Six Nations in his first two campaigns.
“As a coach the currency you trade in is results. Ioan is going to be under a lot of pressure, probably mostly from himself, and he’ll realise that,” said Horsman.
“Under normal circumstances, potentially the [WRU] would look to change but I think Ioan did a lot of good in the first year and a half.
“I would give him to the World Cup. After that, let’s have a look at it. Fresh ideas and maybe then would be the opportunity to have a change.”
Cunningham has overseen a period of wholesale change within the women’s national squad.
Improved access to training facilities, an expanded coaching staff, a new regional set-up and 37 new full-time contracts for players that, the WRU claims,…
Leave a reply