Wane's Future To Be Decided 'in Fullness Of Time'

England caput coach Shaun Wane's early will beryllium decided "in nan fullness of time", nan Rugby Football League's astir powerful fig has told BBC Sport.

Nigel Wood, elder executive head of nan RFL, confirmed that Wane's early is nether reappraisal aft England were beaten 3-0 by Australia successful nan Rugby League Ashes.

Wane himself was asked aft defeat successful past Saturday's 3rd and last Test if he believed he was nan man to lead England into adjacent autumn's World Cup and said: "I don't judge - I cognize I am."

But erstwhile asked nan aforesaid question, Wood declined to springiness his backing, replying, "We will reappraisal each of that, for illustration we ever do.

"This isn't a benignant of nationalist introspection of immoderate of nan coaches.

"We will reappraisal that successful nan fullness of clip erstwhile nan reports are received for illustration we do astatine nan extremity of each world series."

He said that nan process was apt to return 2 to 3 months, pinch nan RFL committee past deciding whether to support nan coach successful place.

When pressed connected whether he could springiness immoderate much clarity connected Wane's future, Wood said: "There's thing guaranteed connected thing successful life, is it? At nan extremity of nan day, arsenic we ever do, nan RFL will activity nan feedback from those astir nan campy and make a judgement successful nan fullness of time."

England, who managed to people conscionable 2 tries successful nan series, are not group to play again until nan World Cup successful Australia and Papua New Guinea adjacent year.

Wane is contracted until nan extremity of nan tourney and skipper George Williams said location is unanimous support for him among his players.

The 61-year-old coach took nan England occupation successful 2020, and led them to a World Cup semi-final successful 2022.

Since then, nan erstwhile Wigan leader has won 14 of his 19 matches successful charge.

But his position has travel nether dense scrutiny during nan people of nan humbling Ashes bid whitewash, pinch world champions Australia winning astatine Wembley, Hill Dickinson Stadium and AMT Headingley.

"I deliberation he's surely instilled a consciousness of pride. I deliberation nan players person travel retired and said rather openly that they've enjoyed nan camp," added Wood erstwhile asked astir nan occupation Wane has done.

He described nan spread to Australia arsenic "very bridgeable" though said of nan caller series: "I don't deliberation moreover our fiercest protagonist would opportunity that we deserved to get overmuch much than we did."

Asked really England mightiness span that gap, Wood said: "Playing against nan champion successful nan world connected a regular ground will harden our players.

"I deliberation there's thing astir apt successful nan coaching that we request to look at. We request to make judge we've sewage nan astir up-to-date coaching - we request to look astatine our accumulation of younger players arsenic well... location are much young athletes playing rugby convention successful Penrith [on nan occidental separator of Sydney] than location are successful nan full of England, truthful location is simply a subordinate proviso issue."

Wood - who was antecedently main executive of some nan RFL and nan sport's world federation - insisted nan first Ashes bid since 2003 had been "very bully for rugby league, albeit not very bully for England successful position of on-field performance".

"I deliberation we request to retrieve that we've had 130,000 group done nan turnstiles... truthful notwithstanding a disappointing on-field result, I deliberation from a tourney position each nan indicators person been really strong," he added.

Wood has indicated that he is unfastened to nan anticipation of Australia's NRL taking a liking successful Super League, saying that nan action of finance is "on nan table", and that "it's important that nan 2 leagues collaborate arsenic afloat arsenic possible".

Peter V'landys, chair of nan Australian Rugby League Commission, nan NRL's genitor body, told BBC Sport past period that it was looking astatine imaginable finance successful Super League.

However, he was besides captious of nan measurement elite English rugby convention is being run, suggesting it was heading for a "train crash" if it did not find ways to summation its revenue.

"I don't needfully stock that opinion," said Wood, who returned to nan RFL successful June, pursuing a play of governance upheaval successful nan sport.

"I've astir apt ne'er been much optimistic astir what Super League looks like... we've sewage a terrific opportunity to reset nan people for nan league.

"There's nary existent rumor betwixt nan RFL and nan NRL," he added. "We some want what's champion for rugby league... and obtaining a greater knowing of nan collaboration that's disposable is captious to each parties.

"It's not nan RFL versus nan NRL, it's rugby convention versus nan remainder of sport, really."

The RFL and officials from a number of Super League clubs held talks pinch V'landys past month. pinch Wood describing it arsenic "good, progressive and very optimistic meeting".

Pressed connected whether nan athletics had to beryllium cautious astir trading a liking to nan NRL and ceding excessively overmuch control, Wood said: "It needs a batch of observant thought. Rugby convention successful this state is not connected its knees. It's sewage nan strongest ownership group that I tin ever remember."

But he suggested that specified a woody was preferable to nan benignant of backstage equity finance that English rugby national has accepted.

"I deliberation nan advantage of a narration pinch nan NRL is that everybody should beryllium coming to nan array trying to get nan aforesaid outcome, which is for rugby convention to beryllium successful nan strongest imaginable position successful a crowded world sports marketplace," he said.

"The situation pinch backstage equity is that there's a much hard-nosed commercialized imperative. So instinctively you would deliberation a 'sweetheart arrangement' pinch nan different awesome convention connected nan satellite should connection much opportunities than a much third-party distant investment."

Super League's Grand Final was watched by a crowd of almost 69,000, nan highest attendance since 2017, pinch TV viewing figures up 22% connected past year. However, nan cardinal money each nine receives has decreased complete caller years pinch nan competition's TV woody falling from £40m to astir £21m per year. The existent woody is owed to travel to an extremity astatine nan conclusion of nan 2026 season.

V'landys besides questioned nan determination to grow nan apical formation from 12 to 14 clubs from nan commencement of adjacent season. Bradford Bulls were promoted past period astatine nan disbursal of Salford Red Devils nether nan competition's grading system, and Toulouse and York selected to subordinate them by an independent panel.

"Virtually unanimously group deliberation that's a progressive measurement that opens up caller markets, and demonstrates that... we've sewage a maturation agenda," Wood countered. "I don't deliberation it's a adjacent complaint to opportunity that it's been done recklessly and without due planning."