Inside, among the supporting cast, the Union's chief executive, Ian Ritchie, had last week signalled this appointment by saying the replacement for Stuart Lancaster – or simply "Lancaster" as Jones referred to him, in his slightly blunt, conversational manner – would need "proven international experience".
Ian Ritchie, the Rugby Football Union chief executive who talked himself into an uncomfortably tight corner last week by stating that any serious candidates for the vacant England coaching job would need "proven international experience", will attempt to talk himself back out of it on Tuesday at what is certain to be a frosty meeting of the governing body's board.
If Vivendi Universal names Jean-René Fourtou to succeed Jean-Marie Messier as chief executive, the board will be getting not only a proven international deal maker but -- perhaps as important -- an executive closely entwined with the coterie at the very top of French business.
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Effectively dominating the Italian peninsula, and with a proven international military reputation, Rome now began to look to expand from the Italian mainland.
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The bench, with proven internationals such as Isaac Boss and Shane Jennings, has plenty of depth, too.
That's not a dig at Franjic, who is a good young player with a bright future, but a statement of the reality that a proven international-class full-back who has played in two World Cups and the Champions League and is still playing regularly in a major European league would not have been caught so far out of position.
Alan Irvine was his assistant at Everton for five and a half years and believes that one of the biggest challenges facing Moyes at Old Trafford will be team selection - and the balancing act of keeping a large squad of proven internationals happy.
