John McKee favourite to come in for Pat Lam

Fiji coach John McKee has emerged as a contender to succeed Pat Lam as Connacht coach.

McKee spent three seasons at the Sportsground as assistant coach over a decade ago and since then has worked in a variety of positions, including stints with David Nucifora in Australia at various levels.

It remains to be seen if McKee, who was in charge of Fiji at the World Cup last year and is contracted to them until after the next tournament in Japan in 2019, can be persuaded to return to Galway.