opened the door to finally coaching England.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cI\u2019m a proud Englishman and everybody loves to represent their country, don\u2019t they?\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m no different.\u201d<\/p>\n
There is currently no suggestion the RFU has approached Edwards, but his availability could attract considerable interest ahead of the 2027 Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve won 19 trophies in rugby union and now I\u2019m thinking about how I\u2019m going to get to 20!\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
POLL:Five possible destinations for Shaun Edwards5. Fiji<\/p>\n
Fiji would be an intriguing option ahead of the World Cup.<\/p>\n
Shaun Edwards’ defensive expertise could add another dimension to a side already capable of causing problems for the world’s leading nations.<\/p>\n
4. South Africa<\/p>\n
South Africa would be a blockbuster move.<\/p>\n
Edwards clearly has huge respect for Rassie Erasmus, describing him as a \u201cvery, very clever man\u201d and praising the Springboks’ use of international coaching expertise.<\/p>\n
There is no indication of an approach, however, so this remains speculative.<\/p>\n
3. Wales<\/p>\n
Never rule out a return.<\/p>\n
Edwards was central to Wales’ success during the Warren Gatland era and knows Welsh rugby extremely well.<\/p>\n
MailOnline suggests a return to Cardiff could be an option as Edwards searches for his next role.<\/p>\n
2. England<\/p>\n
This would undoubtedly generate enormous attention.<\/p>\n
Edwards has never coached his home country and has now publicly opened the door.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a proud Englishman,\u201d he said. \u201cEverybody loves to represent their country, don\u2019t they? I\u2019m no different.\u201d<\/p>\n
There is no reported RFU approach at this stage.<\/p>\n
1. Six Nations wildcard<\/p>\n
Ireland, Scotland and Italy are all mentioned by MailOnline as potential suitors.<\/p>\n
Edwards’ comments suggest remaining in the Six Nations is a major priority. With the 2027 championship approaching quickly, any change to one of those coaching teams could suddenly put him firmly in the conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shaun Edwards has confirmed he wants to return to international coaching in time for the 2027 Six Nations…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,118921,255721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-775576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-news","tag-rugby-transfer-news","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775576","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=775576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}