Warren Gatland says he hasn't been contacted by anyone in relation to succeeding Wayne Pivac as Wales coach.
Pivac is under immense pressure after the desperately disappointing defeat to Georgia at the Principality Stadium, arguably one of their worst-ever results.
Speculation has been mounting over his position, with Gatland, who is working as a pundit for Amazon Prime during the autumn international series, linked with stepping in to replace his compatriot in the event of change at the top of the house, with the World Cup less than 12 months away.
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But when grilled by Amazon host anchor Sarra Elgan before Wales' crunch Test against Australia on Saturday, Gatland was quick to quash talk of a return, branding it "speculation".
"Has anyone been in contact with you, because there are rumours around Wales currently that you may have had a phone call already?" Elgan asked the former Wales coach.
"You know more than me!" he replied to Elgan.
"So is that a no?" she pressed.
"No!" Gatland replied.
"That's a definite no," Elgan continued, before moving on to the next segment of Amazon's coverage.
Prior to that question, Gatland was quizzed on how many people had asked him if he was intending to come back.
"Lots!" said Gatland, with a grin. "I get stopped on the way here, people wanting photographs and stuff, it's great to be back. As I said, this is not about me, there is a lot of speculation and stuff. I want to see Wales put out a really good performance and hopefully they can bounce back from last week.
"It's not as simple as everyone thinks in terms of the disappointment against Georgia. It's got to be a collective. There were a number of players in that squad today who were not involved last week. When you are just talking about the Georgia performance, a lot of players will go 'hang on, I wasn't out here, I wasn't a part of that', but you take responsibility, collectively, as a group to focus and change the narrative. It's about Australia and it's about making sure we finish the series hopefully with a win and we can build on that."
Gatland's former Wales captain Sam Warburton, who was on commentary duty for the match, said pre-match that he would be surprised if the current coaching ticket continued beyond this series.
"It's damned if you do and damned if you don't with Wayne at the moment," he said. "I'm not privy to the information that the powers-that-be at the Welsh Rugby Union know, but I'd be surprised if the same regime continued after these autumn internationals."
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