Dai Younger has questioned whether or not a Welsh coach may lead the nationwide crew if Wayne Pivac left his position.
The Cardiff boss has beforehand spoken of his ambition to succeed the New Zealander in 2023.
Nevertheless, with a Welsh Rugby Union evaluate contemplating Pivac’s place, Younger dominated himself out of an interim position resulting in subsequent 12 months’s World Cup.
The 55-year-old doubts whether or not any Welshman may muster the backing required to prosper within the job.
He mentioned: “Wayne is the Wales coach and, as somebody working within the system, I will again him 100%. If another person steps in then I will again them as effectively, but it surely’s definitely not a job for me.
“It is a powerful job with every part happening in the mean time and, to be fairly sincere, it is most likely not a job for a Welshman proper now.
“Once you step right into a job like that, you are not going to have everybody behind you, however you want most.
“In the intervening time I do not see a Welsh appointment. It will be completely different if somebody was coming off the again of successful the league or a European last, however none of us are.
“Whoever has that job wants everybody behind them and there is not many people with the suitable accent.”
Solely two Welshmen, Mike Ruddock and Gareth Jenkins, have held the publish on a full-time foundation previously 24 years they usually have been in place for under three years between them.
The winds of change are blowing once more after an underwhelming autumn marketing campaign that included a thrashing by New Zealand and a primary loss to Georgia, which adopted a dismal Six Nations.
Warren Gatland has emerged because the main contender to take over as interim head coach to the 2023 World Cup ought to Pivac depart.
Scott Robertson, Steve Tandy, Ronan O’Gara, Brad Mooar and Steve Borthwick have additionally been thought-about.
Maybe considerably, Pivac has not travelled to France to take a look at World Cup venues as had been deliberate beforehand.
Younger added: “We have been all dissatisfied by the outcomes but it surely’s straightforward to throw stones whenever you’re outdoors the camp.
“We all know how arduous everybody works and generally issues simply do not go your means. They might have simply gained the final sport [against Australia] however issues turned in opposition to them. We have all been there.”
Younger has harboured ambitions of main the nationwide crew that he represented with distinction 51 occasions as a participant between 1987 and 2001.
Whereas Wales have been throwing away a 20-point result in Australia, Younger’s inventory rose additional when he masterminded a primary win on South African soil by a Welsh area final weekend.
Nevertheless, he says the Wales job “would not curiosity” him in the mean time.
“I am actually having fun with what I am doing at Cardiff. I’ve undertaken an enormous challenge and I do not really feel I am even firstly line given all of the issues happening,” he mentioned.
“It’s extremely arduous to plan a means ahead when there’s a lot uncertainty across the sport, however I am 100% dedicated to Cardiff.”
