Booth interested in England post

London Irish head coach Toby Booth has thrown his hat into the ring for the vacant England job after admitting that he is hugely ambitious.

Booth watched full-back Tom Homer boot his side to a 21-17 Aviva Premiership victory over Wasps to move third in the table.

Booth has spent almost 10 years at London Irish after joining them as an assistant manager of their academy in 2002 before being given the senior team’s top job in July 2008.

And asked if he would rule himself out of taking his career to the next level with England, the 41-year old said: “No, never!

“An individual’s ambition is to be the best they can be in their chosen field.

“I have a massive amount of individual ambition but I also have a massive amount of club ambition.

“I have been here 10 years in January and, as a result, I’m very proud of some of the achievements we have had in relation to performance; our Powergen Cup win and we have been to two finals and lost.

“We are on the brink and I would love to be in a position where we win something because that is, I think, the ultimate aim for any team.”