"At the moment we are speaking to internal candidates; people involved in coaching within the SRU, at age grade level and within the country as a whole. If we are going to go with an internal coach then we are hopeful we will have something to say quite soon, possibly within the next two weeks. If we go for an external appointment we will need to advertise outside Scotland and that could take a little longer to conclude."
He added: "Before, we stressed we wanted somebody with the experience of coaching in a professional side to come in. But that made it difficult for someone from Scotland to apply. We should be prepared to look at the people who are good coaches in Scotland and allow them to develop and progress when they are in the job.''