Just over a week has passed since the Leeds Rhinos parted company with former head coach, Rohan Smith, and the Rhinos continue to work in the background to secure his replacement.
The Rhinos entered the Super League international break with a win which keeps their hopes of making the top six alive. The Rhinos overcame the Leigh Leopards on an emotional night at AMT Headingley as the club paid tribute to Rob Burrow, in their first game without Smith.
According to reports, there are two main frontrunners for the vacant head coach’s position at the Rhinos. Leeds have been heavily linked with a move for former Parramatta Eels coach, Brad Arthur, and it has been suggested that Arthur has already been interviewed by the club.
Current Salford head coach, Paul Rowley, has been repeatedly linked with the Leeds job, ever since Salford’s former Managing Director, Ian Blease, moved to Headingley to take the Sporting Director role.
Now, former Leeds player and current Sky pundit, Kyle Amor, has offered his opinion on who should take on the Leeds job.
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Kyle Amor names his preferred candidates for the Leeds Rhinos job
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Speaking on the Sportsman podcast, Sky Sports pundit, Kyle Amor, has discussed who he believes is the best candidate for the head coach’s job at Leeds. Amor played three times for the Rhinos in two years with the club before eventually moving to St Helens, where he won four Super League Grand Finals and a Challenge Cup.
Amor believes that the Leeds Rhinos coaching role is a perfect fit for Rowley and that it would represent a well-deserved reward for someone who has had to work their way up through the divisions in their coaching career. Amor said:
“He is the hottest name in rugby league. A British coach as well. I’d like to see Paul Rowley take that job I think for, you know, for Paul Rowley, he spent an awful lot of his coaching career, you know, obviously, he’s been at Salford now a couple of seasons, but the majority of his coaching career has actually been in the Championship.
“So the progression that he’s made on his coaching path, and I’m sure there’s ambitions for Paul Rowley to one day get to a top club, whether the time’s right for him or not.”
Rowley began his coaching career with the Leigh Leopards, then Centurions, leading them for four years, between 2012 and 2016t. He won back-to-back Championship titles with Leigh in 2014 and 2015, before leaving to join the Toronto Wolfpack.
Rowley spent two years with the Wolfpack, he guided them out of League One at their first attempt, however, left the club at the end of the 2018 season with the club missing out on promotion in the Million Pound Game against London Broncos.
