Would be a good idea as long as the DOR doesn;t try to undermine the coach. Cannot see it happening as it would be anohter wage to pay.

ill pinch this quote off my mate jamie,berro assistant for the remainder of the season,he has a very good rugby brain

That smacks of not being confident enough in your coach. If he's the right man for the job he's the right man for the job irrespective of his nationality.

We have great players and a good youth setup?

Regardles of what they are doing now, they have all had success and (excluding Hanley) would be much happier with their appointment.

Just because your giving someone a chance doesn't mean it was the right decision.

but is he the 'name' to attract players, most British fans would struggle to name him.

I suppose hiring an Australian based scout would be alternative to my Director of Rugby option

even eddie got his name wrong,called him alan! he's not looking that old yet!!

firstly good luck to Rich and i'm sure with his already vast RL knowledge and the time he has already spent here he will definitley take the club forward.
Sharp was the coach and even if Rich did have his own ideas during this time it was down to P.S whether he actually implimented any of them or not so we can't really comment on this.

tbh we don't need an Aussie director of rugby as in the case of Steve Mac who had no experience also, he has had no problem with recruitment whatsoever,

i would take an educated guess at this

and say that the first thing that any player would say when approached by another club is ''how many are you gonna pay me?'' not ''who is the coach?''

Another James Rule masterstroke !

I think its totally great !

So do we, Thanks!

Money talks, I don't think King, Johns and Monas went to Wire due to Paul Cullen.

thanks for your intelligent input!

Seems a bit of a strange appointment given the timing of it etc. Nevertheless we've not had a British coach for a while so it'll be interesting to see how he goes and in what direction he takes the team. Good luck Richard