Proud Englishman Lee Radford has no issues going to work for Samoa insisting: “It’s too good a chance to turn down.”
The Castleford Tigers boss is helping out Samoa ahead of their World Cup opener against England on Saturday. Ex- Leeds coach Richard Agar was down to assist Matt Parish but got a job with New Zealand Warriors and has headed to Auckland for the NRL club’s pre-season training. With so many NRL superstars strengthening their hand, Samoa have been made favourites against England despite never getting past the World Cup quarter-final stage.
There’s fears the likes of Jarome Luai, Stephen Crichton, Josh Papali'i and Sydney Roosters wonderkid Joseph Sua'ali'i could derail the hosts' tournament from the off. So has ex-Hull coach Radford been getting stick from his mates for giving them inside knowledge? He insisted: “I’ve not had any abuse to be fair.
