Appointment To The England RFU
Rob Andrew, the RFU's Elite Rugby Director announced Lancaster's appointment on 6 May 2008 stating "This is a very important appointment for the department. Stuart brings Guinness Premiership coaching experience and is also one of the coaches who has achieved the Elite Coaching Level 5 qualification." The move was taken poorly by the owners of Leeds Carnegie the club from which he was Director of Rugby before joing the RFU, who felt they should have been contacted regarding the appointment.
On 29 March 2012, Lancaster was appointed as the England head coach by the Rugby Football Union. Previously Lancaster was appointed as the head coach on a short term basis assisted by existing forwards coach Graham Rowntree and Andy Farrell. On the day of his appointment Lancaster said "The challenge now is to take this squad and the players we will see emerge forward to 2015, It is one that I can't wait to get stuck into".
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