Johnson to reject Reds approach

Wales skills coach Scott Johnson will stay put in Mike Ruddock's set-up, despite the offer of a deal by Queensland Reds coach Jeff Miller.

Ruddock lost another of his Southern Hemisphere employees - fitness coach Andrew Hore - earlier this summer, after Hore decided to return home.

This is unlikely to be the case with Australian Johnson however, who has a two-year contract offer on the table which will take him to the Rugby World Cup 2007 in France.
 
"We are confident that Johno will be with us and he is certainly part of our plans for the 2007 World Cup," said WRU General Manager Steve Lewis.
 
"Johnno is essential to what we are doing and his understanding and appreciation of the detail of rugby is outstanding.
 
"He would be difficult to replace and he brings a real passion to what he does."
 
Craig White is expected to be named as the new Wales fitness coach within the next two weeks.
 
The former Lions and Wasps conditioning coach is favourite to replace the departed Hore who is now in charge of a high performance unit for the New Zealand Rugby Union.
 
White, who was one of the fitness advisors employed by the Woodward Lions, only has some personal issues to resolve before he accepts the position.