{"id":558982,"date":"2025-11-09T08:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T08:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/558982\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T08:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T08:28:09","slug":"shock-nrl-coach-interested-in-england-job-after-ashes-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/558982\/","title":{"rendered":"Shock NRL coach ‘interested’ in England job after Ashes defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Wigan Warriors coach and current Brisbane Broncos boss Michael Maguire is interested in becoming the next England coach should the position become available.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That is according to a fresh report in Australia<\/a>, which speculates that Maguire has a tentative interest in succeeding Shaun Wane should the Rugby Football League decide to sever ties with the current England boss.<\/p>\n

Wane\u2019s position is not understood to be under immediate threat, but a review of the series with the RFL may further intensity pressure on whether he is the right man to lead the national team into the World Cup next year.<\/p>\n

And that has led reports Down Under to suggest that Maguire, who has history in the international arena with New Zealand, could now emerge as a potential frontrunner to lead England going into that tournament.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Maguire \u2013 who is preparing to lead Brisbane in next year\u2019s World Club Challenge against Hull KR \u2013 is heading for the United Kingdom on a coaching development course which he will combine with a fact-finding mission ahead of the clash with the Super League champions.<\/p>\n

That could lead to talks with the RFL if the opportunity arises, though Wane was adamant post-match at Headingley on Saturday afternoon that he believes he is the right man to take charge of England in 2026.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t believe (I am the right man for the job) \u2013 I know I am,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n

Wane has had a strong showing of support from a number of leading domestic players including captain George Williams, who himself reiterated his support for the England head coach to continue after the series whitewash was confirmed on Saturday.<\/p>\n

But the nature of England\u2019s performances have understandably brought the direction of the team under scrutiny, and it now appears a fresh name has emerged.<\/p>\n

Whether Maguire would be completely and fully interested remains to be seen, but he is unlikely to be the last name linked to the position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Wigan Warriors coach and current Brisbane Broncos boss Michael Maguire is interested in becoming the next England…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":558983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-558982","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115518800183791658","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/558983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}