North Wales Crusaders' coach is excited about the future
At the heart of the mission is the provision of a player pathway to the first-team alongside the establishment of a competitive women's team.
Speaking about his additional responsibilities, Forster told CruCast: 'I'm just going to lead-up the programmes for the reserves, the under-18s trials, development squads and the women's team.
'So, obviously, there's a lot to do, but it's mainly me putting plans in place for them to succeed.
'So, the reserves need to be more stream-lined, it needs to be more in line with the first team. It needs to be more accessible for those players that are wanting to step up and, obviously, I've got to give them the platform to do that.
'So, we've got a good base right now, but there's a lot of work to do in terms of, obviously, pitches, participation numbers, fixtures.
'It just needs to be a bit more of a consistent programme. So, I'm going to get a reserves' head coach in.
'I'll ultimately get a women's head coach in eventually. That will be more looking towards, obviously, trying to get a women's team set up for next season and I think we've got about 40 applicants for an 18s' development squad, who will be trialling in the next month.
'So, probably bring a couple of additional development coaches in for that as well. So, it's more me overseeing things, putting structures and programmes in place for, obviously, then coaches to succeed and then once we're set up, that's the hard work done.
'But, obviously, just managing and overseeing things and making sure from the first team filtered right down to the 18s and the women's side, that we're all on the same programme. We're all doing the same thing as, obviously, North Wales Crusaders.'
Following on from last week's 20-6 success over Dewsbury - when Pat Ah Van, Lloyd Roby, Olly Davies and Sam Wilde shared the tries - North Wales will sit out Sunday's action.
Swinton will move to within two points of the front-runners if they triumph at Dewsbury.
Goole and Whitehaven entertain Keighley and Workington respectively, while Rochdale visit Newcastle.
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