LLANELLI Scarlets boss Gareth Jenkins has underlined his ambition and desire to become Wales coach.

Jenkins is a fans' favourite for the vacant post, which was held by Mike Ruddock until early in this season's RBS 6 Nations Championship campaign.

Australian Scott Johnson took over as caretaker coach before his appointment to a new-look Wallabies team headed by John Connolly.

Jenkins, overlooked for the job prior to Ruddock's appointment in May 2004, has said he would not be interested in working under a Welsh Rugby Union regime of chief executive Steve Lewis and chairman David Pickering.

But moves are afoot by the WRU's 245 member clubs to call an extraordinary general meeting in the wake of events surrounding Ruddock's shock exit, which could threaten both Lewis and Pickering.

"Maybe some of the personnel at the WRU are not going to be there forever," said Jenkins.

"I have been absolutely clear from the outset. I have aspirations to coach Wales, I would love to do the job and would relish the challenge.

"But I still have concerns, and they would have to be dealt with before I make a commitment, but maybe there are things happening that would change my mind."

Wales embark on a two-Test tour of Argentina in June, by which time the WRU would hope to have appointed their new coach.

"If I am to coach Wales, I have to be able to do it in the way I feel it has to be done," Jenkins said. "I would certainly have to bring in my own management team - that is a point that is even more relevant now than when I applied previously.

"It is about regenerating and reinventing the national structure with Wales."