WESTS TIGERS chief executive Shane Richardson has claimed that Salford Red Devils boss Paul Rowley is the best British coach in Super League.
It comes after Richardson was a guest on James Graham’s The Bye Round podcast in which he was talking about all things to do with the potential NRL takeover of Super League.
But, when speaking about which potential clubs could make up a ten-team NRL Europe devised by Richardson, he took aim at the model being widely used in Super League – and listed Rowley as doing wonders with “no money” at Salford.
“Do you know who the best coach is in England? I went right all around the clubs in England because we knew were getting an assistant at the end of that year,” Richardson said on James Graham’s The Bye Round podcast.
“The best English coach in Super League by a mile? Paul Rowley, he is the best coach by a mile in my opinion.
“What he’s done for Salford with no money, he’s never had money. He knocked back Leeds as a head coach to show loyalty to Salford.
“People talk about him travelling to Leeds and everything else, Leeds would have offered him anything he wanted.
“He’s put a team together that on paper you’d say “Batley would have a big chance against them” but he was won game after game and has been to Challenge Cup and Super League Finals on an absolute shoestring.
“He’s proven no matter how well you run the club, it comes down to how many people go through the gates and how much money you get from Super League.”
