Former Featherstone Rovers coach to be named new England coach...

[The Phantom Horseman]

Just getting in with my own clickbait before TotalRL arrive with their own 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/apr/20/brian-mcdermott-england-rugby-league-head-coach

[gazza77]

I thought good on Cookey for a moment.

[marklaspalmas]

2 hours ago, The Phantom Horseman said:

Just getting in with my own clickbait before TotalRL arrive with their own 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/apr/20/brian-mcdermott-england-rugby-league-head-coach

I thought you might have gone with "Five things you never knew about England's World Cup coach".......

[Keep The Faith]

The guy who lost his job after losing to Batley

[Fevrover]

9 hours ago, Keep The Faith said:

The guy who lost his job after losing to Batley

Imho one of the worst coaches we've had. NO interaction with the fans. Cookie was like a breath of fresh air. IF we get going again I hope he's coach.

[lingaro]

Replaced one arrogant man with another. Seamless transfer.

[Max_Power]

Was expecting Powell then.

I guess it saves flight money to Aus....

[haskey]

Another mistake by the bosses at RFL ?

[Monkeymagic22]

On 21/04/2026 at 15:16, haskey said:

Another mistake by the bosses at RFL ?

Maybe just not suited to being a Championship coach. He was awful for us though.

[tuutaisrambo]

BM is already in Oz and will be able to have everything prepared and ready for the players arriving. He's the most successful super league coach ever FWIW (albeit not great at Fev).

If he'd been selected as coach for PNG, Fiji or Cook Islands nobody would bat an eyelid........I don't think England are much better than those teams anymore.......especially over in Australia.

We play Tonga, France and PNG in the group stages........I'm not convinced we even qualify.