Yeah agree with that, the Bulls mess I don't think can be laid at his door. That was his first gig also and comes back with NRL and international experience. He should at least negotiate the Middle 8's for them as that was looking dodgy for them they way they were playing, he might even help them avoid it altogether and sneak into the Top 8.

Does he speak French?

Nice lad, good coach but having seen some of his interviews his English needs practice let alone French.

To be fair every coach can learn from there past victories and defeats. He has won silverware and to be fair his bad reputation has mainly started from managing the Bulls. I don't think Darell Powell's current skills could of turned that clubs downward spiral around.

I welcome back an English coach into our top division.

You can't make a silk purse out of a pigs ear.

What silverware has he won?

Not a done deal yet, so don't get too ahead of yourselves.

The coach that just left manages a pigs ear from a silk purse though.
You need to get Dave Taylor back on board.

Just outside the eight. Which is narnth.

I think he'd be good for them. He has potential to be there for a long time and certainly his NRL experience puts him ahead of pretty much anybody in the Northern hemisphere who might have been interested.

I've been one of his biggest critics on RLFans, largely due to his comedy impact on the Bulls.

I think he was pretty good for England, but I'm still not sure if he has what it takes to be more than a good assistant at domestic level. We'll see, but there's no reason that with so much NRL experience that he won't do a lot better this time around in SL.

Hopefully he'll turn that 'sard around.

There's no guarantees, but at least the guy has clearly looked at making himself a better coach. Technically and in terms of understanding what goes on in the NRL he's way ahead of any other British coach. Whether that translates on the field is another matter, but I think he deserves a chance. He makes far more sense as a head coach than some recently retired ex-player with no experience.

That pointless test series against a very under strength NZ team,

Still speechless Jean?

How wrong you have been proved