Nice work. Murray it is then

although if I were looking for a long shot outsider my money would go on Keiron Purtill.

Ive said all alomg Paul Cullen would be great down here. He is very articulate has a great image and speaks very well which for me are key in the top job of pro RL in London more so than at any other club in the country. He also brings with him a great brand of RL and I believe his style will be very attractive to newcomers of the sport. My fear is that Quins RL will look at a up and coming coach like Franny Cummins which wouldnt be a bad thing but I believe now is a great opportunity to attract Paul to the region.

I'll be putting in my application tomorrow morning. I'll let you all know how I get on.

denis betts - very lose to gettign england rl top job, now unemployed and wants to remain down south but get back into rl

I was talking to someone @ the weekend who suggested to me that KH and Paul March (Hunslet Hawks) or Willie Poching as his number 2.



I did suggest that Mac had to leave his post before this could happen to which they replied "Watch this space and whilst we are at it why not have a little side bet, eh?" "Okay" Says I.



I'm now a 6 pack of down.



And I'll be another 6 pack down if KH turns up @ The Stoop.

I suspect due to recent events in his personal life now may not be the right time to have Paul Cullen as Head Coach @ Quins RL.

How about the tongue in cheek option of Dean Richards (think of a director of football type arrangement). Players cross codes and if Shaun Edwards were on offer we would bite his hand off....so why not Deano.



Think about it, played RU at all levels, very strong coach, media savvy, good technically and a win at all costs mentality.........currently kicking his heels at Worcester in the capacity of `consultant`, so he might even be a bargain.



Despite all the sanctimonious articles written by the media and the high moral stance taken by some RU fans, his biggest crime was getting caught for cheating, whilst others were more fortunate.



Think about it............



He gets to launch a new career free from the RU baggage.



Quins RU fans would be intrigued, pleased and/or outraged, but at least they would notice us for once and would likely come along to see him fail, support him or boo him respectively.



The pro RU media would be incandescent, but would be all over us as a club for the story providing the RL club with the level of publicity that you could not buy......announce it long before the season starts and we could really milk it. It would surely bring in plenty of curious fans who might just hang around. Dwayne Chambers, Gareth Thomas......small beer in terms of a story, if Deano were successful we will have cracked it



I can hear the chants from the terrace now........Deano, Deano, Deano

As the ERC and IRB still can't decide what his ban entails, I suspect that if any moves were made to Rugby League that the RFL would be under pressure from the RU bodies to apply the ban to their sport in line with say anyone caught using banned substances.



One for the lawyers I suspect................... if it happened.

True......Googled up a few stories and it appears that due to some technicality his RU ban only applies in the UK........but Worcester found a way round it with the `consultant` label.....so where there is a will there is a way.



Homer......please can you add our future leader Deano to the poll

Jon Wells anybody?

For what it's worth, last week's League Weekly said "Crusaders coach Brian Noble strongly linked with a switch of codes to Harlequins RFC and a job with Union HQ at Twickenham"

I haven't seen this rumour reported anywhere else and have no idea whether, even if true, it would impact on Quins RL, but who knows?



Something for the conspiracy theorists to chew on anyway.

Well that's a very thorough assessment. You could do worse than offering your services to DH as a recruitment consultant.



When I last looked, Tony Currie remained proprietor of Currie Tyres (or Tires). I fear he's been out of the game too long.



Out of your list I'd go for Rohan Smith with one of the English coaches with SL experience as assistant, Franny Cummins maybe. But out of DH's finances we might have to do with Cummins on his own.











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