Not exactly unexpected, but confirmedhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/8361065.stmrl

Thoughts on who to succeed him?

Bobbie Goulding?

Potter and noble perfect partnership, we will have smith.

I like the way Iestyn Harris talks about the game and he had his Welsh team playing good rugby. It wont happen but Im trying to think of a young smart thinking British based coach who fits the bill and I cant.

John Kear will get a mention but I dont know theres just something about him that doesnt inspire me.
I dont know I cant think of anyone that fits the bill.

mcclennan at quins?

McDermott or have Quins pinched Leeds coach

Justin Morgan for me. I don't think theres a good enough English candidate.

I thought smith was the correct man for the job when he took over and proved that with a 3-0 test win over the kiwis in his 1st year but it seemed to go down hill from there.

To be honest I don't think we are in any better shape than now than when noble was in charge.

The is no doubt smith is a good club coach as his record proves but think he lost the plot with his squad selection this year.

If we want a English guy to be next England coach then only noble and kear are any where near good enough.

Just hope that idiot at bulls don't get the job.

I do,Smith has given a number of young players a go In this series and they'll all be better players for It.

Ian Millward, he'd create a team who has set moves to attack the line. Need to attack Aus not set out to stop them.

When millward was at saints I always thought he would have been a good coach for England but not so sure now.

I can't think of anyone to be honest

I may jump on the Gooner's band wagon of bring Quasimodo home

Only a matter of time before smith went full time at dire tbh.

No idea who next coach should be, but i know for definate it shouldnt be mcnamara.

Why on earth would he be interested in that job when he's got a top job in a better sport where he'll earn more?

What squad/team would you have picked?

There isn't an English coach good enough and most of the Aussies over here wouldn't get a main coaching job in Aus.

It most probably wont happen but I'd like to see us go for a big name Aussie coach of the stature of Sheens or Bennet .

As well as being England's coach he could be a sort of coaching supremo with a brief to oversee coaching and player development of the game in general, a sort of coacher of coaches.