Kristian Woolf identified as leading candidate for newly-vacant NRL role

St Helens coach Kristian Woolf's name has once again been thrown into the mix for a top job in the NRL. It has been a chaotic 48 hours on the coaching merry-go-round Down Under, with New Zealand Warriors parting company with Nathan Brown before Wests Tigers made the decision to sack Michael Maguire.

And perhaps unsurprisingly, Woolf is being linked with one of those jobs, with the Saints coach being tipped as one of the top contenders to take on the Warriors' role in the wake of Brown's dismissal. His contract with the reigning Super League champions expires at the end of the season, and that has only heightened speculation over his long-term future.

But with Australia's Daily Telegraph reporting that Woolf is among the favourites for the Warriors job, that speculation is about to intensify even further, it seems.

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Last month, Woolf was asked about his future amidst continued speculation with roles in the NRL. The Saints are in the process of tying down a number of stars to new long-term deals but when asked about his own future, he said: “That’s not something that’s cemented just yet.

“And, to be honest, it’s not something I really want to talk about too much either. It’s not so much that I don’t want to talk about things but from the point of view of my commitment, it is 100 per cent in St Helens and 100 per cent in what we’re doing here.

“I do understand that there is other speculation out there and there’s things happening in Australia as well. But for me to go on and be worried about that, I wouldn’t be showing the respect to this playing group and with where we sit in the competition right now and with what we have the