Carolan Rules out of Connacht job

Nigel Carolan has ruled himself out of the running of Connacht's head coach next season, with Pat Lam leaving the position vacant. The former Connacht winger, was regarded the front runner for the job but has rejected calls for him to step in.

Carolan has been working with the provinces under 20's since 2004 and coached the Ireland under 20's in 2014. Carolan wants to keep the focus on the under 20 Ireland side heading into the Six nations that starts in Scotland next Friday 

Commenting on the Connacht's job Carolan had this to say:

"No, not at this stage,"

"I'm happy doing what I am doing at the moment. It is not to say that down the road it is not something I would be interested in but I am happy doing what I am doing now.

"I have two small kids. Going to work for me is not a job, it's like a vacation. Working with the Connacht academy and this year seeing some of those guys come through, getting capped on the Irish side, makes life really easy as a job.

"To roll the dice as a professional coach does and you are depending on players, decisions, weather, referees, it's a big decision to go down that road and they deserve everything that they get."

John McKee is the  latest name to be thrown into the pot as a potential replacement for Lam.