Ulsterman Mark McCall is looking to reignite coaching career following ascension to Saracen's hot seat, starting tomorrow at Leinster. The Irish Independent's David Kelly reports.
"So which Irishman has the best coaching position in European club rugby?
"You reckon Munster's chief, having guided them to Magners League summit and second place in their Heineken Cup qualification pool? Sadly, Tony McGahan may have cut his coaching teeth here before winning a league title but he's a Queenslander by birth, from just outside flood-afflicted Brisbane in Warwick.
"What about Leinster's head guy? Regrettably, Joe Schmidt is a Kiwi and only pitched up on these shores in the summer before guiding Leinster to the top of their Heineken Cup group and third place in the Magners League table.
"Ulster coach Brian McLaughlin was part of a Triple Crown-winning back-room team but as a primus inter pares he is a belated work in progress, with his team, as ever, on the verge of either implosion or explosion.
"And Connacht's Eric Elwood is only taking baby steps with the fallow fourth green field of Irish rugby.
"So step forward Mark McCall. The 43-year-old Bangor native this week stepped into the hot seat at the second best club in the English Premiership following the return to South Africa of erstwhile head coach Brendan Venter."
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