Shaun Wane named England head coach as replacement for Wayne Bennett
shaun wane has been appointed head coach of the england mens rugby league team in a two-year contract – including the house ashes series of this year and surfaced in the 2021 rugby league world cup.
wane requires more than australian wayne bennett and yields to rugby league after spending the previous year working as performance trainer for scottish rugby.
even the 55-year-old was head trainer wigan, his hometown team whom he left 149 looks as a player, by 2011-18 – a period in which the warriors won three super league names, attained five grand finals at old trafford, won the challenge cup at wembley in 2013, and were crowned world club champions at 2017.
wane said:i am honoured to be appointed head coach of my countrys national team at such an exciting and important time for rugby league in england.
everybody who knows me knows that ive always loved the sport of rugby team and been pleased of british football league.
im looking forward so much to beginning work together with the outstanding soccer league players we have in this nation as well as the guys whove enjoyed victory in australia in the last few years, to do all we can to win the world cup next year.
an overview was, followed by the decision end bennetts four years as head coach of england and great britain, and to reconstruct wane to all elements of the great britain tour of autumn that had been proposed midway through the four-year world cup cycle.
the rfl board considered thata fulltime, uk-based head coach would be the very ideal outcome of the review for the two decades leading to this world cup, where englands major matches will all be played at home.
ralph rimmer, the chief executive of the rugby football league, said: we believe that is an intriguing appointment which is going to be welcome bonus – 5dimes d by england soccer league supporters as we prepare for this years ashes series, along with the 2021 rugby league world cup.
shaun is enthusiastic about the game and his nation, as well as an outstanding trainer, as exhibited by his own record in eight seasons since wigans head coach, a significant characteristic of which was the achievement that he and the team needed in creating a lot of homegrown players