Gold Coast will have to look beyond Kevin Walters for their next NRL head coach after the Queensland State of Origin mentor ruled himself out of the position.
Walters had been heavily linked with the Titans even before Garth Brennan was sacked on Sunday but the 51-year-old says he’s not interested.
Walters has told reporters ahead of Sunday’s NRL clash between Wests Tigers and Parramatta at Bankwest Stadium he wouldn’t be putting his hand up to replace Brennan.
His withdrawal means St Helens coach Justin Holbrook as well as Sydney Roosters assistants Craig Fitzgibbon and Adam O’Brien are the early frontrunners for the role.
Brennan was axed after winning 12 of 40 matches since his appointment in 2017 with Titans executive chairman Dennis Watt describing his position as “untenable”.
Assistants Craig Hodges and Luke Burt will take over the Titans on an interim basis until the end of the season with the club saying a replacement for Brennan will be announced “at a later date”.