Nick Mallett has revealed that he will not come in for England as an immediate replacement for Martin Johnson but that he will consider the job after the Six Nations.
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The former Springbok and Italy coach has also made it clear that if he took the job to coach England he would not report to a director of rugby.
“The ball is in the (Rugby Football Union)’s court. I am sure there will be a plethora of coaches applying for this position,” Mallett said.
“I am now (out of the running) but wouldn’t rule myself out in future” said the fifty five year old.
“I’d like to spend some time in South Africa with my children, who I’ve hardly seen over the past four years, so the timing is not good at the moment.”
English born Mallett revealed last week that he had been approached by the RFU to replace Martin Johnson has turned down the offer partially because he will not report to a director of rugby.
“I’ve made it clear that a head coach should report to the board, not a director of rugby.” said Mallett.
“You wouldn’t find Graham Henry or Jake White reporting to a director of rugby. I didn’t report to one and neither did Clive Woodward.
“The responsibility of the team is with the head coach and that’s how I would see the job in the future,” said Mallett who was interviewed for the England position in 2006 before Brian Ashton was appointed.
Johnson left his position after England were knocked out of the rugby world cup by France who came within two points of winning the 2011 tournament.
Mallett is respected in world rugby after he coached the Springboks to 17 consecutive Test victories in 1997-98 and also to third place in the 1999 Rugby World Cup.
Mallett also enjoyed success with Stade Francais in the Top 14 but has said that the timing for him filling the England job is a problem for him.
“The England job would entail taking the post in time for the Six Nations, which would mean the new manager would have to be in place by 1 December to get to know all the players.
“But who knows, there might be a situation in the future where the timing is better.”
“My family comes first and there are issues within the RFU that need to be resolved”.
Can’t believe it just yesterday was considering posting here to stir a bit about England coach something along the lines of : “Ashton may be back to do a hospital job for England until they get their act together, you heard it here first” – but then thought na not going to happen after they shoddy way they treated him by dropping after he lead England to World Cup final in 2007. Guess what I’ve just heard on TV sports news : Brian Ashton may be back for England as curator coach! Magtig eks bang eks dalk met die helm gebore
1 @ Bullscot:
Brian Ashton is actually not that bad, as a coach.
It’s been on the wires in the last few days that they might use him as Caretaker Coach for the Six Nations for England.
2@ grootblousmile:
Yes I couldn’t believe they let him go after he did so well in a short time in the World Cup but they wanted their inspirational golden boy Johnno and now look where they are. Don’t know why the thought came to me yesterday hadn’t seen those wires mmmmm was it may subliminal… cheers vir eers
It sounds like England will be going for temporary coaching setup until after the 6 nations: current assistant Graham Rowntree and Saxons coach Stuart Lancaster to do a caretaker job. Will be interesting to see the squad make up, I’m guess there won’t be many if any of the older more experienced players in it.
Wonder if this will make the chance of Nick Mallet becoming full time coach higher, as he said he didn’t want it until after the 6 nations. A guy like Jim Mallinder is also good has done wonders at Northampton and will be far more familiar with the setup, players etc in England.
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