 Jenkins remains at odds with the current WRU management |
Gareth Jenkins believes political moves in the Welsh Rugby Union could open the way for him to be the next Wales coach. The Scarlets director of rugby has said he would not take the job while current WRU chairman David Pickering and chief executive Steve Lewis are in place.
But with the Union's 245 member clubs expected to call an Extraordinary General Meeting that could change.
"Maybe some of the personnel at the WRU are not going to be there forever," Jenkins told BBC Sport Wales.
"I've been absolutely clear from the outset, I have aspirations to coach Wales, I would love to do the job and would relish the challenge.
 |  If I'm to coach Wales I have to be able to do it in the way I feel it has to be done |
"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."
The clubs are thought to want an EGM to address concerns with the Union's 17-man board of directors.
Those relate chiefly to the handling of Mike Ruddock's exit, after the WRU's Red Zone roadshow failed to answer all their questions.
Many clubs are eager to hear Ruddock's side of the story, and he is thought to be keen to break his silence in his local Gwent region if his legal advisers agree.
The clubs are also concerned about the failure to appoint a group chief executive following David Moffett's surprise exit last December.
| I would certainly have to bring in my own management team |
The director's role being performed by Millennium Stadium boss Paul Sergeant has caused disquiet, as has the WRU's criticism of clubs after international tickets found their way onto the black market, and issues over lower league structures.
Jenkins - emerging as the peoples' choice to take the national job - was favourite to succeed Steve Hansen as Wales coach two years ago before Ruddock's shock appointment.
He admitted to feeling "humiliated" at the manner in which he was spurned by the WRU and questioned the "ethics and integrity" of the men responsible.
There had been thoughts that relations had calmed, with Pickering and Moffett recently encouraging Jenkins to apply for the Wales job.
But Leeds director of rugby Phil Davies would seem to be the first choice of the current Union management, and Jenkins retains reservations.
"You have to move on and work with people you don't like, but this isn't only about that - if I'm to coach Wales I have to be able to do it in the way I feel it has to be done," said Jenkins.
"I'm not going to go into a situation and say the same things as I said last time to the same people who interviewed me the last time.
"I would certainly have to bring in my own management team, that's a point that's even more relevant now than when I applied previously.
"It's about regenerating and reinventing the national structure with Wales."
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