I saw Guscott moaning like hell about Rugby League coaches and their defensive attitude to the game. I read about it and recalled all the days in the 80s and 90s that I wasted trying to get excited about England RU. The free flowing rugby that was evident at the time. The wingers being constantly put in at the corner finishing a another majestic move. And I wondered where it all went wrong.

tell me about it. He does the coverage for OSN when the internationals are on, and when owen farrell got a punch of britts apparently it was farrell fault and he said he needed to grow up because he just laughed after being punched. Im not quite sure of the history of the bloke and why he is anti league but he is as bad if not worse than stuart barnes about rugby league players.

Guscott chickened out of playing for Bath v Wigan in the two cross code challenge matches in 1995. Not sure if he had an anti RL chip on his shoulder before that but he's never liked it that it got him christened Pussycat by RL fans. He didn't like the fact Wigan put 100 points on Bath RU in the match at Maine Road.

Probably also didn't like the fact his England RU career ended just as Phil Larder was enticed in to coach defence and then went on to help Engand RU win the RU WC, without Guscott. Anyway, just ignore Guscott and leave him to stew in his own juice.

Sm was going to Rooster to be Smiths assistant before he got the England job.

Agreed.

Steve McNamara wouldn't even get a job coaching Parramatta let alone the current premiers.

Maybe, but what has he brought to the sport?

Very little as a player and even less as a coach.

Guscott in the early 90s was trying to engineer a big money move to league (think Bradford was the club) but think they realised he was simply too soft to play league.

Leeds were after Guscott in the early 90s and they nearly got him. The outrage shown by the RFU was ridiculous (amateur sport at the time remember) and the old boys network got Guscott a job (no work involved).

The following day the papers ran it as a front page story, complete with him in his new "uniform" under the title "Jerry signs for British Gas"

It was as though he had been saved from a disgusting fate the way the story read.

Feckin hate him, not a good word to say about RL, not as though he has played it and taken the hits is it?

A couple of interesting rugby league related questions on Guscott's weekly BBC column this week. One about poaching the Burgess boys before the 2015 World Cup, and one asking why union backs cant pass as well as league players. His answers were surprisingly measured for him. Some of the buffoons in the comments section made up for it though.

As for Mcnamara, I cant see it...but wouldn't blame him for having a go if the opportunity was there. Maybe people in the know don't actually think he's as bad as people on here do?!

Hull KR went after Guscott when he was 19. Roger Millward was looking for a replacement for Gary Prohm & thought he had promise. One day he was a brickie playing 2nds for Bath, next day ushered into a highly paid job (think that was British Gas as well) so he could remain amateur! Amazing how these thing happen.

Hope Steve Mac gets the Roosters job. Being England coach isn't a full time job & he'll learn more over there than he will twiddling his thumbs over here.

Guscott is an asshat. His views and opinions mean nothing to me.