The same Mike Ford who, along with his son, didn't go to union for the money
How do you know those are the only people being considered?

Exactly.


I'd previously thought this wouldn't work over here because its a system that can bring with it a whole load of extra politics. But you might be onto something there. Tim Sheens is part-time and a panel of selectors pick the squad. Still, if the RFL had to appoint a full time British coach tomorrow with the credentials you'd expect of someone tasked with the gargantuan job of turning round English RL, we'd be scratching around a bit. Especially now that Kear's all but ruled himself out too - rlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/8374591.stmrl

A Part time coach and an unbiased selection panel would be my choice given the relatively low number of games the National side will play.

Who would we have on the selection panel is as big a question as who would be coach.

Mal Reilly springs to mind, Paul Sculthorpe, Ellery Hanley, Kris Radlinski.

Certainly not Garry Schoffield.

If the role is basically England coach for 5 games a year and some poorly defined role in 'development' then Hanley, Kear or whoever - doesn't really matter. If it's a real role in development with actual clout then the work that won't get seen for years is far more important than what anyone can realistically achieve with the current squad.

Before England can ever hope to compete against Australia they MUST have an Australian coach who will start from basics and reform the English style of play to the Australian style...Surely after 37 years England must realise they are falling further & further behind,and it wont be very long before New Zealand and maybe PNG are ranked permanently ahead of England,..they aren't even good to watch these days,they look farcical.

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Your wrong on so many different levels - are you league freak??

We need better systems, better youth policies, better core skill development, better athletic development and better continual development for those players coaches and officials with potential. But then most people already know this.

We need to understand the Aus game but if we want to beat it we need something different - not just a clone. Not everything that comes out of aus is good.

Initially we may need a good aussie coach in a development role but ultimately we need to get some bright people involved in the game and control our own future.

just give it ellery hanley and stop faffing around