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Dave Reddin appointed WRU director of rugby

25 Apr 2025 2 minute read
England head of team strategy and performance services Dave Reddin, who is close to being announced as the Welsh Rugby Union’s director of professional rugby,. Photo Mike Egerton/PA Wire.

Dave Reddin has been appointed the Welsh Rugby Union’s (WRU) new director of rugby and elite performance.

Reddin is a former performance expert for England Rugby, the Football Association and Team GB who has worked alongside Sir Gareth Southgate and Sir Clive Woodward.

His appointment follows the resignation of former WRU executive director of rugby Nigel Walker in December.

Among Reddin’s primary tasks in the new role will be to help appoint a permanent men’s head coach to replace Warren Gatland, with Steve Tandy reportedly the leading candidate.

‘Honoured’

Wales men have lost a record 17 consecutive Tests, while the women’s side have suffered defeat in each of their four Guinness Women’s Six Nations fixtures ahead of Sunday’s championship finale away to Italy.

“I am delighted and honoured to be joining Welsh rugby at such a pivotal time in the rich history of the game here,” Reddin said in a statement on the WRU website.

“This is one of the biggest jobs in world rugby because of the passion and meaning the game has in Wales.

“There are well-documented challenges but I’m inspired by the very real potential implicit in the new vision and strategy.”


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Karl
Karl
13 days ago

Irony is the job is not big and the passion for rugby is very low. Due to 2 decades of the WRU making awful decisions. Starting with the regions andcallowing the national game become a sideshow to pub profits. We are far away from the passion of used to see as a child. Who owns a Welsh jersey these days

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