Monday 16 November 2015 17:22, UK
Australia coach Michael Cheika says he is not interested in the vacant England job.
Cheika has turned the Wallabies around in less than a year, guiding them to the World Cup final, beating England, Wales, Scotland and Argentina on the way.
His success had led him to be touted as a potential candidate to take over from Stuart Lancaster, who stepped down as England's head coach last week.
"No one from England has contacted me and they know that they can't contact me because I'm committed to Australia and that's where I want to be coaching," Cheika said.
"I'm an Australian coaching Australia. It's the dream. There is nothing that would change my mind. I never thought I'd be coaching Australia. I'm enjoying it and I want to do the best I can in this role for as long as I can."
The only man to confirm his interest in the job is South African Jake White, though the bookmakers' favourite is Australian Eddie Jones.
New Zealand's Steve Hansen, Joe Schmidt of Ireland and Wales boss Warren Gatland have stated they are not interested, as has Hansen's assistant coach Wayne Smith.
Lancaster resigned after overseeing England's failure to get out of the group phase, becoming the first host nation to do so in the process.
He was appointed on an interim basis for the 2012 Six Nations but was appointed permanently after a second-place finish - a position England would occupy four times consecutively under him.
The RFU has intimidated it may look outside England for his successor but Cheika is not convinced.
"It's not really my place, but there are lots of good English coaches who could be coaching England for sure," Cheika said.
"If you look at a guy like Dorian West at Northampton, he's done such a good job with the scrum and forwards.
"There are also guys like Jim Mallinder, Rob Baxter and Dean Richards. I just think there are a lot of those guys who are typical of the English game and could do a lot for the team."
