Tim Sheens has steadfastly denied he returned to Australia from England with the intention of coaching in the NRL again.The 72-year-old is a legend in rugby league Down Under, having coached the Panthers, Raiders, Cowboys, and previously the Tigers who he led to the 2005 premiership.He also coached Australia for 31 Test matches, as well as New South Wales for one series in 1991.But he's currently facing an almighty battle with his beloved Concord club, which hasn't tasted NRL finals in more than a decade and is wallowing on the bottom of the ladder after seven rounds this season, the team's only competition points coming courtesy of the bye. The path by which Sheens returned to the coaching chair was strange, to say the least.The Tigers brought him back as a head of football at the end of 2021, hoping the club legend could resurrect the flailing outfit by helping head coach Michael Maguire.Instead Maguire was sacked only a few months later, and Sheens was jettisoned into the job initially as a stop-gap measure.Now the club has given him a two-year contract as head coach of the team, with a succession plan in place featuring 2005 premiership hero Benji Marshall.Sheens appeared on Wide World of Sports' 2GB radio on Tuesday and was asked bluntly by Paul Gallen, "Why did you come back?".Gallen's pointed question was based around the pressures an NRL head coach faces constantly, insinuating Sheens could have stayed out of the spotlight and handed the reins to someone else."I didn't come back to coach, no matter what people thought," Sheens said.
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