Bernard Jackman rugby player
Bernard Jackman rugby player

Bernard Jackman

5th May 1976 1.83m/90kg Coach

Bernard was born in Tullow, Co. Carlow. He attended Newbridge College and Dublin City University where he studied a degree in Business studies & Japan. Warren Gatland persuaded him to turn professional and he went onto represent Connacht during two spells with the club.

In between those two spells, Jackman spent a season with Sale Sharks helping them to win the European Challenge Cup during the 2001-2002 season.

In 2005, Jackson signed for Leinster. He was a prominent member of the team that won the 2007/08 Celtic League title and he also earned a recall into the Ireland senior squad. He returned from the professional game after a concussion injury in 2012.

Jackman was appointed director of rugby of Grenoble in 2016, having first worked with the club on a consultancy basis in 2011, before he joined permanently in 2012.

The Tullow man has previously coached Newbridge RFC, Coolmine RFC, Clontarf FC and St. Michael’s College.

Jackman earned 9 Ireland caps during a playing career that also saw him win a Heineken Cup and Celtic League with native province Leinster.

In June 2017, Dragons announced that Bernard Jackman will be their new head coach for the 2017/18 season, with Kingsley Jones vacating the role to take up a job with the Region's the new owners, the Welsh Rugby Union.

In December 2018, Jackman was sacked by Dragons after the club's difficult first term.

(LS December 11, 2018)

Career

sale-sharks Sale Sharks
Hooker
1999 - 2001
image Connacht Rugby
Hooker
2002 - 2005
leinster (1) Leinster Rugby
Hooker
2005 - 2010
fc_grenoble Grenoble
Coach
2016 - 2017
dragonsrugby Dragons RFC
Coach
2017 - 2018