The Harlequins coach, Brian McDermott, has become the first man to express interest in leading England to the 2013 World Cup. "I would love the England job," McDermott told the BBC. "Why would I not want to coach my country? That is your goal in life."
The former Bradford and Great Britain prop has bucked the recent trend after two of the initial favourites for the position left vacant by Tony Smith's resignation following the Gillette Four Nations series, Mike Ford and John Kear, last week stressed that they are happy in their current roles, and Smith's former assistant Steve McNamara sat on the fence.
The Rugby Football League revealed today that it has received "around half a dozen" expressions of interest.
"The timeline is not as important as getting the right person or indeed combination of people," said Nigel Wood, the RFL's chief executive.
At the RFL's end-of-season media briefing, Wood and the chairman, Richard Lewis, refused to answer questions about the Crusaders' expected move from South Wales to Wrexham for their second Super League season because of "commercial sensitivity". But Lewis dismissed a suggestion that the other Super League clubs would have to approve such a divisive move. "It's a matter for the RFL unless there is a breach of their licence, and where they play wouldn't be a breach of the licence," he said.
However, Wood confirmed that the RFL may finally be in a position to act on the Welsh club's breach of visa regulations which led to six of their Australian players being served with deportation papers last August. "We have been waiting for confirmation from the [UK] Borders Agency that they had concluded their enquiries," he said. "That has only just been received so we're at liberty to commence any kind of rugby league specific inquiry, which we will be doing."
A spokeswoman for the UKBA said today that the Crusaders would not face a criminal prosecution but could face a fine of "up to £60,000 unless they can prove to the agency that they carried out legally-required checks before employing workers from outside Europe".
Huddersfield have confirmed the signing of Graeme Horne, a 24-year-old utility player who has made more than 100 Super League appearances for Hull, on a one-year contract. The prop Paul King is also expected to leave the KC Stadium to link up with Kear at Wakefield as a replacement for James Stosic, who has been released by Trinity after failing to secure a Macedonian passport that would have exempted from the club's overseas quota.
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