Ioan Cunningham will remain in charge and be assisted by Geraint. Mark Andrew Jones, known to many as MAJ, remains as team manager, a role hes held with both North Wales Crusaders and Wales since their inception. He has a four-year contract with the Welsh Rugby Union. He will find that the playing group is much the same as it was when he left, and so are many of the back room staff. Forshaw arrives from Sale and will replace defence coach Jenkins. He then moved over to rugby union and coached at Rhyl in their junior section and at Bangor University. "It is a very exciting time for women's rugby in Wales with the magnificent performance and result last Saturday building on the progress made on and off the field over the last six months," the union's performance director added. Get latest scores and headlines sent straight to your phone, sign-up to our newsletter and learn where to find us on online. He works as a registrar in rheumatology and acute medicine. Last updated on 12 January 202312 January 2023.From the section Welsh Rugby. Today, they face England at Twickenham (you can follow live updates here). Huw Bennett. Scarlets can confirm their new coaching team with Richard Kelly promoted to Forwards coach from the Academy and former All Blacks prop Ben Franks appointed as scrum coach. Pathway | 4th March 2022. Welsh Rugby Union | Wales & Regions | Homepage Wales: Warren Gatland makes changes to his backroom staff WRU Staff. Name. The former Scarlets backs coach, of course, linked up with Wales during the 2019 Rugby World Cup due to Rob Howley's sudden exit over betting regulation breaches, so he has spent some time with old regime, too. Ultimately we are in the results business and we have agreed with Wayne that the current trajectory for Wales is not where we want it to be.. Last summer, he travelled to Argentina to work with the Wales under-20s side at the World Rugby U20 Championship - where Wales pulled off a victory over New Zealand. Share this page: Shaun Connor, Craig Everett and Richard Kelly will assist head coach Byron Hayward as preparations gather momentum for the opening game against Ireland at Musgrave Park on Friday 4th February. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. In the past he has spoken openly about his road to becoming a devout Christian and how he took a cancer scare as a sign that faith in God should become a cornerstone of his life. "What I am happy with is the boys' effort and attitude in the week. Fax: 029 2082 2474, 2023 Content Copyright Welsh Rugby Union, Statistical Data Opta. The 2020 Six Nations is well underway, and it's Wayne Pivac's first competitive campaign in charge. I want to establish environments where my players and staff can all feel comfortable, learn from each other and perform honestly. Wales open their Six Nations campaign against Ireland on 4 February in Cardiff. The trio bring with them a wealth of experience on the coaching front. Read about our approach to external linking. King and Forshaw join Jonathan Humphreys and Neil Jenkins, who are retained from Wayne Pivac's set-up. Welsh Rugby Union. Ad. Head coach Warren Gatland has appointed Alex King and Mike Forshaw to replace Stephen Jones and Gethin Jenkins in Wales' backroom staff. Since then, he has photographed Wales all round Europe and the World, travelling to places like Serbia in 2009, France many times, Ireland, Scotland, England, the World Cup in Australia in 2017, before covering every game in the RLWC2021 qualifiers. It will include a purpose-built gym, medical centre and team rooms and is adjacent to Cardiff Arms Park, which will be their training and playing home for the season.