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Wow! What an appointment that would be. We have the players and we would certainly have the coach

Love this.

It'll be interesting to see the set up and how it works. The players will be buzzing to work with such a legend and I'm all for it. We need to get him to groom his replacement who should work an an assistant role IMO. I'd go for any of McDermott, Wane or Powell.

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Not sure how well informed the Journalist is.
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Not sure if Trent Robinson knows he is just a puppet.

Wayne is an amazing coach but when exactly is he gonna be able to keep a very good eye on super league players.

He is already in a very high profile job and has to prepare Brisbane to be there best week in week out.

Be interesting to see who.assists him....

Rowley - that,might be the personal reason he was on about

Slightly bizarre. But interesting that he fancies it now when we've actually got a few decent players.

Not for me, great coach ( maybe the best) but I don't want another Aussie in charge again

Superb appointment. If he can keep it rolling into the next world cup then it would be ideal as we have the players to win a world cup.

We do not have the half backs to beat either the Aussies or a full strength Kiwi side

maybe not but this guy would be able to do it stick Leeds coach with him has is second in command and then the next coach is sorted

With Burgess back in the fold too, you would have to say it would be the strongest looking set up/squad for a long long time.

Unless Daniel Brough can change his allegiance to England, the halves will let the England side down, Bennett or no Bennett.

I'd love this to be true. The article I read said it was just for the 4 nations this year. It needs to be until the end of the 2017 World Cup or not at all IMO.

Halves have always been our weakness but Danny Brough is not the answer to Englands problem. He chokes on the big stage every single time.

We do however have arguably the best pack in the world particularly with big sam back and firing. We have some great backs as well and theres no reason why under a decent coach england cant be more than competitive, McBanana was one the worst coaches SL has produced and was the weak link in the international set up. Just getting rid of him has made the team stronger regardless of who comes in

I'd love this to be true. The article I read said it was just for the 4 nations this year. It needs to be until the end of the 2017 World Cup or not at all IMO.

McDemott or Powell Yes....

Shaun Wane HELL NO don't want the national team to turn into a set of thugs.

Hope the Bennet rumour is true though, a world class coach.

Daniel McGuire for England half back IMO

Have you invented a time machine in the off-season?

If you read what Bennett has said its not at all clear its about becoming head coach. He hasn't even discussed what his role would/could be. I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up more like the role he had with NZ previously.

I think so too, he could probably have an assistant coach UK based. Was it not about a year ago he said he wanted to spend more time with his wife and handicapped son and he owed them a lot of "home time".

McNamara informed his contract will not be renewed.

Disappointed for him, not sure what else he could have achieved results wise given the players at his disposal.