Gregor Townsend: SRU chief expects ‘positive talks’ on Scotland future

Smith has been a convincing success since taking on at Glasgow in 2022.He led the membership to the European Problem Cup ultimate in his first season, delivered a unprecedented United Rugby Championship title success in his second, and whereas accidents took a toll final season, Warriors nonetheless reached the quarter-finals of the Champions Cup and the final 4 within the URC.Smith has been linked with different jobs all through the season – most notably the vacant Wales head coach place – and has carried out little to quell discuss that he’s in search of a contemporary problem.”We actually like all three coaches now we have obtained on the lads’s aspect and we would love to retain them,” Williamson mentioned.”So these conversations are ones I’m having now and can proceed over the approaching weeks. However relating to Franco particularly, he’s a incredible coach. He has carried out a completely unimaginable job and I actually, actually hope that he might be staying.”I’m really delighted that he’s getting approached and that individuals are speaking about him as being a coach for different individuals as a result of we wish the very best coaches in Scotland and it could be frankly fairly disappointing if nobody was speaking about somebody as top quality as him.”I feel that we provide a consistency and a readability of plan that he might be sensible in and I’m actually hopeful that he might be with us.”Smith is seen by many as an apparent substitute for Townsend, however Williamson insists such succession planning has not been mentioned.”I do not suppose that we essentially ought to be taking a look at our teaching group and saying that we’re creating the bench should you like to switch gaps after they come up at any degree,” he mentioned.”I feel that we simply need to make certain in that second that we recruit the one who may be very greatest for that position.”After we are desirous about how we create a pathway that’s going to lead to us being extremely aggressive in 2031 and 2035, or 2029 and 2033 for the women, we completely must nail that when it comes to the continuity round our teaching as a result of that’s what will breed confidence in our gamers.”Having Franco right here is a crucial a part of that. However equally, I feel Sean Everett has carried out a superb job on the again finish of the season. I feel he’s very happy with the way in which that staff grew and I’m excited to see how he goes with a really younger participant group subsequent yr.”