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Ive speculated that this has been a done deal since before Potter started.

If you are rebuilding a team why only give a coach 2 years ( or accept a coach who only wants a short stint) unless their is a longer term plan.

I can see meninga in a head coach capacity with purtill given more responsibility.

Peter Sharp will be devestated

Please please please please please!!!

Super, Super Mal,
Super, Super Mal,
Super, Super Mal,
Super Mal Meninga
Come on!
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I bloody hope so. It would be the best case scenario to be honest.

would it?
yep he's won origin a lot with queensland, but with their players is that difficult? what's his track record at club level?

I'd say that shows his quality. Being able to coach and win at origin level is the ultimate in club rugby.

well im to young to of seen him play but he seems to have done a good job t queensland so i say sign him up

amazing if its true.

Hang on, let’s not get sentimental over this. Big Mal coached at Canberra (1997 – 2002) with moderate success when the took over from Tim Sheens. He now coaches Queensland to in S of O and won 4 consecutive S of O titles.

Now to win S of O on four consecutive occasions is know mean feat and Mal should quite rightly be applauded for this, but this representative rugby, three matches in a month, with a wealth of talent to pick from. It is far removed from day to day club rugby and the pressures that go with it and coupled with the fact he has been away from club rugby for over eight years makes it a risky appointment for Saints.

I would personally go for someone already involved in club rugby (NRL or over here) be that it a current head coach or assistant coach.

I have always admired Meninga as a player, Saints Legend and rugby personality, but I don’t think it would be a smart move for Saints.

May be going against the grain but I don't want Meninga.

Too long out of the club coaching scene and not a great success when he was in it.

That Queensland side coaches itself - the key players Lockyer/Thurston/Smith/Slater/Inglis have played together for Oz for years (Smith/Slater/Inglis for the same club) - they blummin well should be romping away with SOO every year.

you want to hope to hell it aint peter sharp..he took a very good fc team ( which you destroyed in the gf by the way) and tore us apart....starting with letting briscoe go to rovers and then signing hutch maiva and countless pointless and injured aussies..ie adam dykes and todd byrne...

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