Andy Gilder wrote:
Arguably the appointment of a Director of Rugby overseeing the running of both clubs simultaneously would be a pretty ground-breaking announcement.
I agree and in my opinion that seems the most likely scenario. I can't see it being anything to do with the stadium. If anything a press conference regarding the stadium would be in conjunction with Yorkshire Cricket rather than Yorkshire Carnegie.
The Ghost of '99 wrote:
Andy Gilder wrote:
Arguably the appointment of a Director of Rugby overseeing the running of both clubs simultaneously would be a pretty ground-breaking announcement.
Hetherington does that role effectively for the Rhinos at the moment - might he be retiring?
But again the question is - what benefit is there for Leeds in sharing a DOR with a second division union club and forcing a coaching upheaval for no clear reason?
I'd imagine it's more a case of Hetherington taking a step back from the rugby side but still very much CEO and in charge of both clubs rather than retiring. Thats if it's what we think it is, of course.
Off the top of my head I'd think the biggest benefit we'd see would be a sharing of u19's players. There's already been a bit of that going on but I'd imagine there'd be more of it. If we get a couple more like Walters from it then hey ho. As long as we still have a full time head coach at the Rhinos I can't see too many negatives to it.