JOHN Kear would be happy to offer his expertise to help West Wales Raiders build for the future.

The Bulls coach is plotting their downfall this weekend as his side look to follow York’s lead by racking up a hefty win at Odsal.

The newly-formed Llanelli side were hammered a record 144-0 on Sunday and have yet to pick up a point in their first season.

But Kear, who is also the Wales national coach, hopes they can pull through the baptism of fire and maintain a rugby league foothold in the region.

He said: “I’ve got every sympathy with West Wales because I feel they are doing the expansion the correct way, as Coventry are.

“They are using Welsh administrators, Welsh coaches and Welsh players in order to attempt to draw from the community game, which is where the foundations are.

“I find that much more admirable than assembling a team in the north of England, training in the north of England and the only association you have with the players is when you arrive on the bus on game day.

“My job during the season is to assemble a squad at Bradford and be as good as we can be to achieve our goal of hopefully gaining promotion. That’s my sole focus.

“But afterwards, I’d be more than happy to offer any help or advice to try to assist them to improve during season two.”

More locally-produced players could also have a long-term benefit on the international stage for Wales with a larger pool to pick from. Kear is already proud of the number of genuine Welshmen in his ranks.

“The Welsh national team is a Welsh team,” he added. “You can’t say that about many national rugby league teams.

“When we won the European Championship in 2015, 13 out of the 17 were born in Wales.

“I know we didn’t do very well in the World Cup but that’s part of our evolution, a bit like West Wales.

“Going forward, you’ve got to be strong to take those beatings and hopefully come back better having learned lessons.”

Kear sees Newcastle Thunder, who the Bulls visit next Friday night, as the template for the Raiders to follow through their painful early stages of development.

“A few years ago they got whacked (132-0 by Blackpool) and now they are more than competitive in League One,” he added.

“They took their medicine, learned from it and grew and evolved.

“I’m hoping, with my Wales rugby league head coach hat on, that similar happens with West Wales. But it is very difficult for them at this moment in time.

“I’ve every sympathy with them and I hope they have long-term success. But I hope we whack them as well.”