Edwards responds to Broncos fans' plea for help
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Your support makes all the difference.Two former London Broncos captains, Shaun Edwards and Peter Gill, have put their names forward as the coaching partnership to lift the club's fortunes. The Broncos sacked John Monie on Tuesday and the 33-year-old Edwards, the most decorated player in the history of the British game, says that he has been overwhelmed by calls from London supporters urging him to go for the job.
Two former London Broncos captains, Shaun Edwards and Peter Gill, have put their names forward as the coaching partnership to lift the club's fortunes. The Broncos sacked John Monie on Tuesday and the 33-year-old Edwards, the most decorated player in the history of the British game, says that he has been overwhelmed by calls from London supporters urging him to go for the job.
"I'm shocked by what has happened to John and would not have thought of applying if so many people hadn't phoned me," Edwards said. "I gave Gilly a ring in Australia and he's excited about it as well.
"He's an expert in forward play and I like to think I know a bit about playing in the backs. If it was just me on my own, I think it would be too soon, but the two of us together could do a good job."
London, however, are unlikely to rush into a decision. The club's chief executive, Tony Rea, who will be in charge of coaching for the remaining three matches of the season, said: "We are just going to wait and see. The club's administration would have to think long and hard about whether it would be the right thing."
Joe Lydon, a team-mate of Edwards in Monie's all-conquering Wigan sides, has resigned as performance director at the Rugby League. Lydon has been involved in securing Government funding under the World Class Performance programme, but has seen his role squeezed by the appointment of David Waite as international coaching consultant.
The Hull threequarter Deon Bird has won his case to be removed from the club's overseas quota. The League has accepted Bird's argument that he would have played in Europe for five years and qualified for an exemption had it not been for administrative blunders during his time at Paris St-Germain. Workington's Anthony Samuels has also been exempted.
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