SEN Breakfast host Tim Watson believes the frontrunner in the Adelaide coaching race Scott Burns has pulled out.

The Hawthorn mentor was the early favourite for the job, with GWS assistant Matthew Nicks and Richmond assistant Adam Kingsley also in the mix.

Watson is hearing reports that Burns has pulled out.

“Very early in the piece I said that Scott Burns was very much in the frame and he was,” he told SEN Breakfast.

“I think he’s been interviewed maybe two or three or four times, but I’m hearing that he’s actually withdrawn now from the Adelaide coaching race.”

Watson now believes Nicks is likely to end up in the role.

“I keep hearing the name Matthew Nicks now,” he said.

Tom Rehn told Telstra AFL Trade Radio yesterday that Kingsley interviewed “really well” and is “right in the final frame”.