England World Cup rugby winner WILL GREENWOOD will coach the Barbarians against South Africa in November. The 43-year-old former Leicester and Harlequins center turned TV pundit will team up with ex-Australia head coach ROBBIE DEANS. The Barbarians face South Africa at Wembley on Nov. 5. Greenwood represented the Barbarians twice as a player, against Ireland in '96 -- before he was capped by England -- and against Scotland 10 years later (PA, 3/23). ... Olympic Gold Medalist TOR ARNE HETLAND has been "appointed as the head coach of Norway's cross-country male team." Hetland will "step up to the top role" having assisted TROND NYSTAD during the '15-16 season. He returned to Norway "after working as head coach" in Germany, Switzerland and Canada following his retirement in '09 (INSIDE THE GAMES, 3/23).
HAYE CALLS PLANS 'INSANE': Boxer DAVID HAYE has hit out at what he sees as "insane" plans to allow professional boxers to compete at the Olympics, "warning it would put fighters’ health and safety at serious risk." Last month Int'l Boxing Association (AIBA) President WU CHING-KUO said that the sport’s world governing body "intends to open up its Rio 2016 qualifying process to full-time professionals." Haye: "You get these young kids who are training their whole life to go to the Olympics. To go there and not fight someone else like them but fight someone who has might won an Olympics before, been a world champion and is just coming back to fight some kids, I think is insane. I think you’re going to get some young kids hurt and you’re definitely going to stunt the growth of these young kids" (PA, 3/23).
