Pressure? This Job Is Fun ; No Nappies Now, As Single Dad Johnson Focuses On Bringing Up His Wales 'Kids'

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SCOTT Johnson is the only international coach of any footballing persuasion whose c.v. includes the following fulltime job description: 'House-dad and expert nappy changer.' An Aussie who looks more like Gerard Depardieu than his boyhood idol Dennis Lillee, his apprenticeship for the toughest job in British rugby has been every bit as strange as the events which have conspired to put him in charge of the RBS Six Nations champions.

The nappy bit could come in handy. After the daily traumas to bedevil Wales since Mike Ruddock's ousting as head coach last week, it will be reassuring for their harassed executives to know that if, or rather when, the muck hits the fan at Lansdowne Road on Sunday, they have someone adept at clearing up the mess.

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Pressure? This Job Is Fun ; No Nappies Now, As Single Dad Johnson Focuses On Bringing Up His Wales 'Kids'

While the eruptions from a volcanic episode offer some excuse for those fans to lose their perspective and decry his predecessor's removal as a 'tragedy,' Johnson knows the real meaning of the word.

He lost his wife, Lesley, to leukaemia at the age of 27, leaving him to raise...

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