Tim Sheens hasn't ruled out another return to club coaching after landing his latest representative role.
Sheens, 70, has been appointed as the coach of the Combined Nations All Stars, who will take on England in June.
For now, Sheens, a former World Cup-winning coach with Australia, says his focus is on the job at hand.
However, he said he would be open to a more permanent role if the opportunity presented itself.
"Shaun (Wane) is saying the same thing, isn't he?
"At the moment, you never say never, I've heard Wayne Bennett say that a few times so I'll steal that from him. It's just a matter of being focused on this at the moment, I'll be really focused on this and what will be will be.
"But you never say never, if an opportunity arises from it then I certainly would still be keen to work on a little while."
When asked where his motivation comes from, Sheens added: "I think I was born with it, I love the sport and the sport has been very good for me.
"I didn't finish thinking I would coach, it was an opportunity offered to me and it just went from there. I was a real estate agent and had my own business, in those days of course you were part-time and working, I thought that was where I was headed.
"I got an opportunity to coach, it went reasonably well the first year or two and for whatever reason, I'm still there. I do love the sport, I work hard and spend a lot of time on it. But it's not hard work, it's one of those jobs that in this respect when you love what you're doing it's not as hard work as waking up and not wanting to go to work.
"You can't go on forever, I understand that I'm closer to the end of it as Royce Simmons said to me the other day."
Sheens doesn't anticipate there being a lack of interest from players in representing his side.
"Motivation wise it's just going to be easy as, for instance, World Cup at the end of the year, you take a Tongan, Samoan, a Fijian or a Kiwi, guys who want to be selected back home, it's easier to be picked.
"I still think Kristian Woolf is the Tongan head coach, so you want to impress rather than think you have to play in the NRL to impress.
"A game that maybe takes England to the wall or beat them or compete against them goes well for your selection process, so that's going to be one of the main factors for them wanting to play.
"Others will just want to beat the English and play in the game. It's an unusual game to play in but playing with your mates, a lot of the Aussies and Kiwis are still mates so there will be that interest as well."
