Shane Flanagan is not currently interested in becoming Richard Agar's successor as Leeds Rhinos coach - while another of the leading contenders is understood to have distanced himself from the role, too.
Flanagan is one of the favourites with the bookmakers to succeed Agar, with the 56-year-old keen to get back into coaching at the highest level after leaving the coaching staff of NRL side St George at the end of the 2020 season. He has since returned to the Dragons in a consultancy role and is believed to be helping them with their recruitment strategy.
With Gary Hetherington heading to Australia this weekend to interview potential candidates, Flanagan is a name many have unsurprisingly linked with the role. However, Rugby League Live has been told that Flanagan is instead focussed on a return to coaching in the NRL at present, with a move to England not on his radar as things stand.
