Dallaglio still not backing Ashton

Lawrence Dallaglio has refused to give his full backing to England coach Brian Ashton despite the England coach leading the team to the World Cup final.

Ashton has a rolling contract which comes up for review at the end of the year and so far the Rugby Football Union's director of elite rugby, Rob Andrew, has refused to make a decision until after a review of the World Cup campaign has been conducted.

Despite England's exertions in France, Dallaglio believes change is still necessary.

He told BBC's Inside Sport: 'There are system changes that need to be made - whether that's personnel is not my decision.

'Everything isn't rosy just because we got to a World Cup final. It's been an interesting couple of weeks.

'There's been no new contracts dished out yet. You need to ask Rob Andrew really - ultimately it's his job to ultimately decide where English rugby goes.'

Asked directly whether Ashton should be involved after Christmas, Dallaglio replied: 'Brian Ashton turned things around, but then again so have the players and all the coaches.

'I think a review will be done, by the right people. Rob will head it up and I'm sure he'll make the right decisions.'