And becomes head coach at Leeds Carnegie.

Good luck to him. It will be interesting to see whom replaces him. Chris Plume? Keith Senior?

I hope Wane, Anderson or McDermot replace him as England assistant.

JP to assistant Player Coach?

Just a way of the Rhinos paying his salary whilst he takes up the Union job.

I bet he doesn't get replaced at the Rhinos yet.

Good luck to him - got a challenge on his hands, but not an impossible one.

I suspect that would be over sinfields dead body!!.

Says in the report there won't be any immediate appointment into the role so I suspect one of the current coaches to step up as a temp measure

Doesn't surprise me at all, as I said above before you posted. Rhinos will probably be paying his salary to coach the Union operation, and we promote from within and save on new salary.

Not sure where you have got that impression from?

Really? you not been around long then?

Taxi for one then.

A small step in the right direction, hopefully not the last.

Wonder how attached Jonny Wainhouse is to his job at Hunslet...?

I've been around a little while, but I'm not privvy to the business dealings of the club. What makes you think that the Rhinos will be paying for the Carnegie head coach? (not saying you're wrong, I just have no idea how the club runs these things)

Some naiive fringe questions occur too actually. For instance, do coaching salaries in any way count on the salary cap? I assume not. So, given that both clubs are owned by the same parent group, where does the Rhinos head coach's salary come from? Leeds Rhinos or Leeds Rugby? At what levels are the businesses separate and at what levels is it one entity, in terms of assets and personnel? Anybody know?

Seems strange not to bring anyone in straight away imo i like what Plume has done with the U19's but would he get as big a say as Lowes did with Mc??
Just one of a few recent bizzare calls by GH imho.

I'd have thought Plume to be the next in line unless we look outside the club. Didnt Hetherington try to get Dunemann as assistant when we got rid of Franny?

I suppose it depends if the club want Plume to continue on in the academy, maybe a combination of both roles for the time being?

My guess (and like Gotcha it's purely a guess) is that current player(s) may be promoted. As they're current players and additional remuneration will be included within the salary cap.

If true - is anyone really surprised the role of 1st grade assistant coach is being made redundant - think of the cost savings.

Surely it's only a matter of time now before the CEO renames the club Eagles, while simultaneously taking over as head coach and re-locating to save the Don Valley Stadium from closure. On the plus side it'll make my journeys to watch home games much easier.

I'd even consider buying a season ticket.

Sinfield nailed on . Makes sense to consolidate the bro-mance even further imo

Could be a bit of trouble at t'mill going on here.
First he applies for the cas job, then he changes his mind so it looks like he would be away at the first opportunity.
Pehraps it's GH sidelining him, either way I am not a big fan and was surprised at his appointment from the wire as by and large he failed over there.

Have Peacock and Sinfield said they want to go into coaching? I'm sure both in the past have mentioned possible administrative roles but I don't remember them mentioning coaching too highly, and unlike JJB and Burrow don't appear to have been particularly active coaching different grades at the club.

Maybe they will take it on while they are still playing?if coaching salary's don't count it may be possible to give the young lads a decent contract

No more JL half time team talks ... I'm gutted

While coaching costs probably have no impact on the salary cap generally - paying current players a coaching supplement I would imagine does count towards the cap calculations, otherwise it's an easy and obvious way to flaunt it.

Looking at the overall squad I seriously doubt that it's within 20% of the permitted cap ceiling considering the 2010 squad also fitted within it - unless the CEO has had a fit of generosity towards pensioner players and if he has it'd be out of character, IMO. The reason he doesn't give decent contracts to lads making their way through the club system (if indeed he doesn't) is probably more because he doesn't have to as there will always be another one along in a year or two with the required attitude.

surely Barry Eaton assistant to McDermott and Wainhouse head coach at Hunslet?

I Think what you will find the position will be filled from within the existing staff with Barrie Mc moving from head of youth development. GH likes to promote from within. This would give an opening then with the juniors for a recently retired or soon to be retired player.