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Western Force captain David Pocock will be allowed to have one-on-one meetings with the club's coaching candidates as part of the selection process.
The unusual move shows just how much the club wants to keep the star Wallaby flanker and his opinion will carry great weight in the appointment of a new coach.
The first interview by the selection panel will be conducted in the next few days, with Pocock away on Wallabies duty.
Scott Staniforth, a Force foundation player and the players' representative on the board, is part of the selection panel.
Pocock has spoken to the five candidates and will be able to have further talks with them, Force chief executive Vern Reid said.
Pocock's contract with the Force runs until the end of the year and he has maintained that he will not make a decision on his future until after the Super season ends and the successor to Richard Graham, who defected mid-season to the Queensland Reds, is appointed.
"David will follow the process through to the end. This is an important decision for us and an important decision for David. I'm very comfortable with his involvement," Reid said.
The five candidates will be interviewed in Perth. Reid said the Force would be in a position to make a decision in about two weeks.
"The interviews will all be carried out face to face," Reid said.
The candidates have been offered the opportunity to talk to other squad players. One has already refused the offer.
The list is believed to include former Australian assistant coach Scott Johnson, who is currently Scotland's backs coach, Michael Cheika, who was with French club Stade Francais, former Ireland and US coach Eddie O'Sullivan, Force foundation assistant coach John Mulvihill and former Wallabies assistant Tim Lane.
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