Jenkins Rejects Wales
Gareth Jenkins has ruled himself out of the running to be the new Welsh rugby coach.
The Llanelli Scarlets director of rugby says he is not interested in applying unless changes are made to the top personnel at the Welsh Rugby Union.
“I find it very difficult to work with the group of people that manage Welsh rugby at this time,” Jenkins said.
“That probably makes me unavailable at the moment, but if circumstances change and new people were involved I would want to be considered in the future.”
His comments follow the surprise departure of Grand Slam winning coach Mike Ruddock.
Jenkins admitted that the announcement and timimg of Ruddock’s departure caught him by surprise, but praised his rival’s time in charge of Wales.
“I was flabbergasted and as shocked as everyone else in Wales,” he said.
“The reaction has been ‘what the heck is going on?’ - there’s more coming out, more emerging all the time about the circumstances.”
“All I can say is Mike has had an amazing, short international rugby career.”
“He’s won a Six Nations Grand Slam for the first time in 27 years and that says it all.”
