Friday resigned from his position as Kenya head coach last week.
London Scottish director of rugby Simon Amor, a former captain of the England
sevens side, could also come under consideration.
Meanwhile, there appears to be little hope of Premiership Rugby and their
French counterparts reaching agreement with their fellow ERC stakeholders
over the future of the Heineken Cup before the start of the season.
The England and French clubs are standing by their call for the tournament to
be restructured, including a reduction in the number of teams from 24 to 20,
from 2014.
But it is understood there is little hope of any significant negotiations
until next month.
Premiership Rugby meanwhile has been engaged in talks with NFL American
football franchises as part of a bid to grow rugby union in the US.
London Irish were involved in advanced talks about staging a pre-season
friendly in Boston against a US Barbarians side, but the game was postponed
until next year because of a lack of time to market the game.
The prospect of any Premiership matches being staged in America however
appears remote.
British and Irish Lions captain Sam Warburton says he hopes to return to
action in time to lead Wales in their opening autumn Test match, against
South Africa on Nov 9.
The 24 year-old is recovering from a serious hamstring injury he sustained
during the Lions’s second Test defeat by Australia in Melbourne in June.
“The initial diagnosis was 12-16 weeks, I have been in doing rehab and we are
on course for that,†said Warburton. “If I could get back for that sometime
in October, that would be good.†Toby Faletau, the Wales and British and
Irish Lions No 8, has turned down a lucrative move to France in favour of
extending his contract with the Newport Gwent Dragons.
Faletau, who played in the 41-16 third Test victory over Australia in Sydney
last month, has signed a two-year contract extension.
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