Wakefield insist there has been no official approach from the Rugby Football League for head coach John Kear.
Wildcats insist coach is staying
Wakefield insist there has been no official approach from the Rugby Football League for head coach John Kear.
A newspaper report suggested that Kear is favourite to succeed Tony Smith as England coach, with Salford's Australian boss Shaun McRae as his number two.
But a Wildcats spokesman said: "John Kear has two years of his contract remaining with this club and there has not been any approach for him to take a job away from Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.
"John Kear has said that he is looking forward to working with the Wildcats team in 2010 and he is a valued member of the staff here at the Hearwell Stadium."
An RFL panel chaired by chief executive Nigel Wood has been charged with finding a replacement for Smith, who stepped down after last year's Four Nations final.
Full-time
With the England job set to revert to a full-time appointment, Kear would have to relinquish his Wakefield duties ahead of the mid-season international against France and the Four Nations series to be played in Australia and New Zealand in the autumn.
Kear - England coach at the 2000 World Cup - led the Wildcats to a fifth-place finish in the Super League last season, their highest-ever placing.
McRae, the former St Helens and Hull coach, lost out to Smith for the Great Britain job in 2007. Kear worked under him at Hull.
