Leeds Rhinos and Wakefield Trinity legend Willie Poching

Former Leeds Rhinos and Wakefield Trinity ace Willie Poching is back in England, as assistant-coach of Samoa.

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00:00Willie Poaching, welcome back to England. How much are you looking forward to getting

00:05back to Eddingley for the Test match on Saturday?

00:08Immensely, immensely. I'm really looking forward to getting back and when we knew that our

00:13second Test was going to be there, I was really excited to be there at a place that means

00:19so much to me and my family, but to be able to take this Armour team there and face the

00:25might of England, exciting.

00:29And I understand you might be playing at Eddingley in the not too distant future?

00:33Well, it's not confirmed yet, but I may be getting out the boots, I may be roped into

00:38playing the game and it's more about the cause than trying to get some K's in the leagues.

00:45Do what I can, obviously in memory of our little mate and M&D and the cause that our

00:50skipper has done so much for. If I can do five minutes, ten minutes, whatever, I'd be

00:59really proud to be able to have played a little bit of my part.

01:02And obviously you're over here with Samoa. Keenan Palacia is part of their squad, signed

01:09for Leeds. Is that a good signing for RNOs?

01:12Yeah, Keenan Palacia is a really good signing. He's a good kid, great fella. I worked with

01:16him last year in the Pacific Championships. Obviously it was a big loss for the Broncos

01:21when he went to the Gold Coast, but yeah, they've got him at a great time. He's still

01:25developing, he's got a lot of years ahead of him too and he'll give some great service

01:32to Leeds and the RNOs club. It looks like he's joining a really strong, experienced

01:40squad that's going to be challenging I reckon.