Shaun Edwards is hoping his club Wasps can come to an agreement with Wales to allow him to become Warren Gatland's part-time coaching assistant.

The prospects appear good for Edwards to join Wales in time for the start of this year's Six Nations, with Wasps chief executive Tony Copsey also anxious to conclude negotiations quickly so as to avoid any undue "distractions".

Former rugby league great Edwards — who will be turning down an offer to take charge of England's second team, the Saxons, if he instead chooses Wales — notes others have already made a success of coaching countries other than that of their birth.

Like Copsey, it seems he is simply hoping the arrangement can be completed soon.

"I want to improve as a coach, but above anything I didn't want to harm my situation at Wasps," Edwards told The Guardian. "I want to go on coaching there, and really it's just a question of the club and Wales coming to some agreement."