\n The experienced former NRL and Super League boss will take on the role, subject to the approval of his work permit.\n<\/p>\n
\n Potter, 62, has previously managed Super League teams, including Catalans Dragons, St Helens, and Bradford Bulls.\n<\/p>\n
\n He led St Helens to the 2009 Grand Final and has also managed NRL clubs Wests Tigers and Canterbury Bulldogs.\n<\/p>\n
\n In 2017, Potter guided Fiji to the World Cup semi-finals, beating New Zealand on the way.\n<\/p>\n
\n The former New South Wales representative will now return as the head coach for the Fijian national team, known as the Bati.\n<\/p>\n
\n Rajesh Singh, Fiji’s National Rugby League chairman, said: “Mick has signed his contract, and we are lodging his work permit application.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Once that is approved, he will come in and start work full-time.\n<\/p>\n
\n “He is on a four-year contract, taking us from one World Cup cycle to the next.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The Fijian side is in Group A for the upcoming World Cup, which will be co-hosted by Australia and Papua New Guinea.\n<\/p>\n
\n They will face the Cook Islands in Newcastle, followed by a match against world champions Australia in Brisbane, and finally, a clash with New Zealand on the Gold Coast.\n<\/p>\n
\n Singh further stated: “Mick has provided some names (for his coaching team) and we will discuss those options.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Ultimately, the head coach will have a major say in selecting his coaching staff.”\n<\/p>\n
\n In addition to his head coach roles, Potter has been part of the wider coaching team at Newcastle Knights and Parramatta Eels in various roles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The experienced former NRL and Super League boss will take on the role, subject to the approval of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-656295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}