I hope not. I'd quite fancy him at Wigan next season.

there is no chance that Hanley would go and work under Goulding.

anyway, Hanley is a former GB coach - so surely Goulding would have used that as his reference rather than former GB captain.

If it is true and Lowes is not sacked but "demoted", he will walk in the not too distant.

I was thinking that as well, are France (and maybe Wire) going old school or what?

Faz??

I got told that last week of a bloke who used to play for dire. Lowes as assistant !

I think Lowes was a crap appointment anyway.

He was a good strong hooker whilst playing, who ran on fire and brimstone, but you'd hardly call him a scholar of the game. His early years, when he was at Leeds for example, were characterised mainly by fighting, and even while he was at Bradford, I rarely saw an interview with him when he didn't come over as being pretty thick. Eddie and Stevo loved him too, which is sure sign that he was intellectually challenged.

Even now, rumours are rife that he's been losing it on the touchline and offering fans out. What an inspirational figure - not.

It is Tony Smith!

On the other subject I Suspect it will be Schofield!
After being in the company of both of them at Mike Greg's funeral and watching their Awful behaviour that day they do appear to be "Thick as Thieves" and Schofield will fit in with Gouldings Personality.

Lowes was a truly awful appointment

Wire seem happy to splash the cash on assembling an expensive squad, but seem to scrimp on possibly the most important position of head coach.

If Tony Smith does come in there is a chance they may actually start to look like a decent outfit for once.

Noble to GB full time at the end of season?

no matter how bad wigan are you can always count on wire to be messing things up twice as much

Having worked with Lowes and seen how he operates he will i think one day make a good coach if he could control his ego which does in my opinion hold him back, but this appointment came far far too early for him.

The potential is there and he is very well schooled in the game, but he lacks the temprement and the man management skills to lead a club at the moment. He is i posted on the Bradford legacy thread surrounds himself with mates rather than quality people.

He is a dynamo behind the scence and he wants a hand in every aspect of the team, his personality is so large he wants to be seen to lead every aspect of the coaching even if he is not qualified to. If he stood back and concentrated his efforts into his coaching rather than spreading himself too thinly and basically hindering the other coaches then i am sure he would get along much better.

He is in my opinion too keen to control rather than lead, if he can address this issue then i think he may well suprise a few people, if he cannot and does not learn under whoever comes in he is another young English coach destined to vanish from the game. I personally do not think he will like being undermined his ego will not stand it and he will walk or will be a disruptive force at Wire until they either sack him altogether or allow his contract to run out, which i think is at the end of the year.

having seen the mention of les boyd, i thought i'd see what wikipedia had to say about him , and amongst other things it said

Exactly. The man was a good hooker, but beyond that, he certainly lacks any class.

Speaking from personal experience?

Is the press conference live on Sky Sports News? Doubt it will be.

There rumours going round seem to gathering momentum as with regards to Tony Smith, I think the momentum will of gathered pace through these forums and people claiming to be 'in the know'.

TS apparent impending appointment at Wire may well pave the way for Noble to return as full-time England coach, therefore leaving us in the mire searching for a new coach.

Or have these rumours surrounding Eddie Jones and Farrell actually been true and thier appointment waiting for Noble's appointment at England?

May of added 2+2 and got 5 but the connections between them all are becoming clear IMO.

Someone on Redvee reckons its Sculthorpe, which comes straight from Goulding himself.

listening to 95.10 news this morning coming of night turn said its a dead cert that tony smith will be taking over with lowes being number 2

So true. On the Lowes front it was very much a bad knee jerk reaction to appoint him in the first place. Never the right man to take us forward after Cullen, he was always seen as stop gap between appointing a world class coach and bring overall change to the stature and culture of the club. Hopefully now working alongside Smith the future looks alot better.

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Smith to coach England part time? i thought the RFL wanted someone Full Time another back track by them

Smith in - Director of Rugby. Will stay as England coach P/T until his contract ends after 4 Nations. Lowes stays. Confirmed

RFL back track, there's something new.

No point in a director of rugby - if Wire were serious about challenging for honours they would sack Lowes and appoint Smith as head coach straight away. Unless its some sort of plan to get Lowes to walk rather than sack him as i'm sure he wont like Smith meddling with his team.

This is what it says on Sky Sports
Tony Smith has been appointed Warrington's new head of coaching and rugby, but will continue in his role as England head coach in a part-time capacity.

It says he is Head of Coaching

Coaching and Rugby? Seems bizare that to me that they've gone for the split there?