• Former Wigan coach succeeds
Australian Wayne Bennett• Kevin Sinfield resigns from two RFL posts
Shaun Wane has promised to rebuild the relationship between
England and Super League clubs after being given the job of coaching the national team until next year’s World Cup. The 55-year-old, who left Wigan in 2017 after winning every available domestic honour, has been named as Wayne Bennett’s replacement on a two-year deal.
Wane’s appointment – he had most recently been working part-time as a high-performance coach with Scottish Rugby – comes in the wake of Great Britain’s disastrous tour of the southern hemisphere last year, with the Rugby
Football League now keen to employ a full-time national coach after Bennett, who rarely visited England due to club commitments in Australia, was not retained.