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quote=Bundy]From a very good source.
The Club has approached Ricky through his Manager with regards to the coaching job for 2007. Ricky is said to be favourable.
I don't think any decision will be made on Raper's position until the outcome of this review. Then they can blame the decision on that. In today's Leader there is a stroty that mentions a decision was made at the Board meeting the other night to expedite the review. It seems they are in a rush to get the results. Lets hope this is so they can make their decision to boot Raper sooner rather than later as Ricky won't be on the market for long. Rugby Union has already approached him with a very favourable offer.[/quote]
Thursday August 31, 07:22 PM
Stuart won't go Shark hunting: Fordham
Ricky Stuart's management team has hit out at claims linking the sacked Sydney Roosters coach with a move to NRL rivals Cronulla, saying the former premiership-winning mentor wouldn't be "dancing on anyone's grave."
Stuart, who will part company with the Roosters after Saturday night's match against St George Illawarra, was named as a possible successor to Stuart Raper at the Sharks with Raper's position looking decidedly shaky at the Sutherland Shire club.
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Raper's position will come under review in the coming days with Cronulla's management team desperate to find a reason for the club's dramatic fall from grace this season in which they went from third to 12th and out of finals contention on the back of nine straight losses.
But Stuart's manager John Fordham said he had not been involved in any discussions with the Sharks or any other NRL club.
"When specific opportunities come up that's when we will talk turkey, at the moment I'm allowing him just to spend time preparing for his last game," Fordham said.
"(Ricky) just wants to finish off his contract with the Roosters in a very professional way ... we haven't sat down seriously and looked at any particularly avenues.
"We're not going to go dancing on people's graves either.
"People ask me about Cronulla Sharks and I said I understand that they have a coach, his name is Stuart Raper and we respect that."
Asked whether he believed Stuart would find a new club in the near future, Fordham said: "I can't answer that because I can't control that."
"We haven't spoken to anyone and no-one has spoken to us."
Another coach shown the door this week, South Sydney mentor Shaun McRae, refused to vent his frustrations to the waiting media at Rabbitohs training.
Interim Parramatta coach Jason Taylor has been promoted from assistant to head coach of the Rabbitohs for 2007, Souths chief executive Shane Richardson confirming McRae was visibly upset when told of the move.
But McRae refused to bite.
"I don't want to make any comment," McRae told reporters.
"All I will say is I have not slept very well and I wish you a good morning and a good afternoon.
"I need to get on with my job."
Meanwhile victorious Queensland State of Origin coach Mal Meninga says there's "not a hope in hell" of him taking over the reins of English Super League club St Helens next year.
London's Guardian newspaper named Meninga as the prime candidate to replace Daniel Anderson should the former Kiwi Test coach be granted a release to replace Stuart at the Roosters next season.
Meninga, who played one season for the Saints in 1984-85, declared he had absolutely no interest in coaching any rugby league club because of his heavy business interests.
"It's not true, and if it were, I'm not interested," Meninga said.
"I'm not interested in coaching any club," added Meninga, still yet to commit to the Queensland job next season after guiding the Maroons to a 2-1 series victory in his Origin debut this year.
"There's not a hope in hell."
Meninga hasn't coached a club side since his final year with the Canberra
Raiders in 2001.
So much for your source?????????
Source:
http://au.news.yahoo.com/060831/2/10cub.html
