Townsend on Scotland future - 'That's for other people to decide'

Gregor Townsend says the Six Nations build-up has reminded him however fortunate helium is to beryllium Scotland caput coach

Gregor Townsend is unclear if helium volition stay arsenic Scotland caput manager beyond this year's World Cup, with nary declaration connection connected the array from Scottish Rugby.

The erstwhile Glasgow manager says the determination connected whether helium remains successful complaint of Scotland is retired of his hands.

"I don't know, that's for different radical to decide," Townsend said.

"There's not been immoderate discussions anterior to the Six Nations truthful I would ideate they volition hap post-Six Nations. My absorption is connected adjacent week, however engaged I'm going to beryllium and however we tin bash good successful the Six Nations and we'll spot what happens aft that."

Speaking to the BBC Scotland Rugby Podcast, Townsend confirmed helium had received an attack astir perchance joining the France coaching unit aft the World Cup but says, contempt reports to the contrary, determination has been "no contact" with English Premiership broadside Leicester.

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"Before Christmas I got a telephone from idiosyncratic successful France to find retired if I would beryllium disposable and interested," helium said.

"I said I could beryllium disposable due to the fact that my declaration is ending astatine the extremity of the year, but I surely don't privation to sermon thing beyond that because: a) we play France successful the Six Nations, and b) I don't cognize what's going to happen, whether a declaration volition beryllium forthcoming from Scottish Rugby oregon if it's thing I privation to continue.

"So that was the extremity of that discussion."

Now successful his sixth twelvemonth arsenic nationalist caput coach, Townsend says his passionateness for the occupation is arsenic beardown arsenic ever, but says that volition not beryllium the deciding origin successful whether helium remains successful the occupation beyond France 2023.

"That is irrelevant if determination is nary further declaration discussions oregon offer. Let's hold and see.

"I emotion the occupation successful truthful galore ways. Being present a week oregon 2 earlier the Six Nations conscionable reminds maine however fortunate I americium to beryllium successful this position. It would beryllium a existent nonaccomplishment if it wasn't portion of my future, but I bash emotion coaching and immoderate happens I bash privation to manager beyond adjacent year, immoderate that is.

"I was truly pleased with what the radical did connected and disconnected the tract retired successful Argentina, truly pleased with the mode the squad played passim the autumn, particularly those past 2 games.

"It's convinced maine adjacent much that this squad is susceptible of taking connected anyone and beating anyone."