Geraint John leaves Wallabies 7s post
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Geraint John has quit his post as head coach of the Australia Sevens side and returned to Wales.
John has been appointed to the new role of WRU Elite Coach Development Manager and will take up the position from September 7.
John returns to Wales after 10 years’ experience working abroad, working first with Canada Rugby as High Performance Director and then with Australia from May 2014, heading up the men’s and women’s sevens set-ups and as head coach of the Australian Men's Sevens team.
He said, “I’m thrilled to have been chosen to take on this exciting new role. Having spent ten years away from Wales, I feel I have a huge amount to give back to Welsh rugby, developing the next generation of elite coaches for Wales.
“The ultimate goal of this role is to develop our top, up-and-coming coaches so that we have Welsh coaches who can coach Wales. I’ll be looking at our national age grade and pathway coaches, and working with coaches within the Regions and the Premiership, to see how we can help and support them.
"We also have some excellent Welsh coaches working outside of Wales so I’ll look to see how I can help and advise them too with the ultimate vision to help develop coaches who can step onto the international scene.”
John has been appointed to the new role of WRU Elite Coach Development Manager and will take up the position from September 7.
John returns to Wales after 10 years’ experience working abroad, working first with Canada Rugby as High Performance Director and then with Australia from May 2014, heading up the men’s and women’s sevens set-ups and as head coach of the Australian Men's Sevens team.
He said, “I’m thrilled to have been chosen to take on this exciting new role. Having spent ten years away from Wales, I feel I have a huge amount to give back to Welsh rugby, developing the next generation of elite coaches for Wales.
“The ultimate goal of this role is to develop our top, up-and-coming coaches so that we have Welsh coaches who can coach Wales. I’ll be looking at our national age grade and pathway coaches, and working with coaches within the Regions and the Premiership, to see how we can help and support them.
"We also have some excellent Welsh coaches working outside of Wales so I’ll look to see how I can help and advise them too with the ultimate vision to help develop coaches who can step onto the international scene.”
