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Former All Blacks coach Alex Wyllie and former test captain Ian Kirkpatrick believe Joe Schmidt should definitely have a direct role for the Rugby Championship. Schmidt will replace Grant Fox on the selection panel, but Wyllie and Kirkpatrick think it makes sense for the former Ireland coach to be actively involved in training. Wyllie, who coached the All Blacks from 1988 to 1991, believes that replacing Ian Foster as head coach at this stage could potentially destabilize the opening test of the Rugby Championship looming in South Africa in early August. “The change of coach now probably won’t happen at this stage,” he said. “If there is a new coach, does he want to choose new players? All it will do is create more uncertainty [for the players].” READ MORE: * Head-to-head: Scott Robertson’s record as a head coach is better than Ian Foster *All black people need Wayne Smith, Scott Robertson and Leon MacDonald, says former NZ Rugby boss * Irish prop Andrew Porter cited fo

Wests Tigers interim coach Brett Kimmorley heading into his fifth game at the helm is still looking for a win but regardless of how the rest of 2022 plays out, he says he wants to stay involved when Tim Sheens takes over next year. Giving up the job mid-season after Michael Maguire was sacked, Kimmorley had overseen defeats to the Sea Eagles, Bulldogs, Warriors and Eels but with Adam Doueihi moving to his preferred five-eighth and Jackson Hastings to lock in there is reason to be optimistic on Sunday against a Penrith side who lost its original star. The club announced on Thursday that 2005 premier league winning coach Sheens will take over as head coach in 2023, with former major championship-winning playmakers Marshall and Robbie Farah at his side, leaving Kimmorley with eight weeks left to keep the Tigers from bottom of the table. ladder. Sheens will take over the head coach role over the next two years, with Marshall then taking over in 2025 for at least the next three seasons. “C