England team manager Martin Johnson has stood down after three and a half years in the role.
His decision follows a miserable World Cup which ended in quarter-final defeat by France and featured a series of on and off-field controversies.
The 41-year-old won 84 caps for England as a player, leading the side to victory in the 2003 World Cup.
Johnson and the Rugby Football Union's director of elite rugby Rob Andrew will hold a press conference on Wednesday afternoon.
Under Johnson's leadership England's only tournament success was in the Six Nations earlier this year.
However, after a series of unconvincing performances in the group stages of the World Cup, England fell in their first knockout match.
A series of reviews into the campaign have been announced against the backdrop of internal upheaval at the Rugby Football Union.
Acting chief executive Martyn Thomas stepped down from all roles at the organisations while stand-in captain Mike Tindall has been removed from the elite player squad and fined £25,000 for his conduct in New Zealand.
