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Stuart Lancaster has made a swift return to frontline teaching after being named as the brand new head coach of Connacht Rugby on a two-year contract.
Lancaster, who has been out of labor since being fired by Racing 92 halfway by the Top 14 season, will begin his new function in July.
The previous England head coach, aged 55, loved seven years at Leinster earlier than the ill-fated transfer to France, working beneath Leo Cullen as senior head coach. He helped lead Leinster to 4 consecutive PRO14 titles and 4 Champions Cup finals, together with victory within the 2018 decider.
He made the transfer to Leinster after 4 years accountable for England, who turned the primary crew to exit a house World Cup earlier than the knockout levels IN 2015.
The Cumbrian was appointed to that function after 4 years because the RFU’s Head of Elite Participant Growth, and earlier than that, he coached Leeds, the place he performed as a flanker within the second tier of English rugby.
He had been interviewed for the Wallabies job however missed out to Les Kiss.
“I’m massively excited to be becoming a member of Connacht Rugby and start this new chapter of my life within the West of Ireland with my spouse Nina,” he stated.
“Connacht is a membership with a proud identification, a passionate supporter base, and large potential each on and off the sphere, so I’m honoured and humbled to be given the chance to guide the Skilled Males’s crew programme.
“I’m a agency believer in creating an setting that permits gamers to thrive and realise their potential, whereas taking part in a model of rugby that conjures up the group of which they symbolize. Ever since my preliminary conversations with Willie, David and the remainder of the choice committee, it’s clear that very same perception exists right here in Connacht, and that’s why I’m so excited by this chance.
“There’s additionally the unbelievable new amenities right here on the new Excessive-Efficiency Centre and Dexcom Stadium, which can additional allow us to understand these objectives.
“I’m wanting ahead to working carefully with all the employees and gamers, and I can’t wait to get to know the supporters and wider group over the approaching weeks and months.”
Connacht have been on the lookout for a brand new head coach since Pete Wilkins stepped down from the function.
Connacht Rugby CEO Willie Ruane says that Lancaster’s remit will even embrace defence, which was Scott Fardy’s space of accountability for the previous two seasons.
“Stuart is likely one of the most revered coaches in world rugby and we’re completely thrilled to nominate somebody of his calibre. He has a confirmed observe report in creating younger expertise, constructing a high-performance setting, and most significantly, delivering success and serving to groups realise their ambitions. His teaching philosophy and his imaginative and prescient for the way the sport ought to be performed completely matches our personal values and our personal ambition,” stated Ruane.
“Along with Stuart, who will even coach defence, we’re equally excited by the latest appointment of Billy Millard as Normal Supervisor of Efficiency and Rod Seib as our new assault coach.
“Coupled with the wonderful coaches we have already got in place, in Colm Tucker and John Muldoon, we imagine we’ve a training crew that can give our gamers the proper platform to fulfil their potential and obtain the success that we’re all collectively striving for.
“After only in the near past shifting into our new Excessive-Efficiency Centre, the approaching 12 months guarantees to be among the many most historic within the membership’s historical past, as we mark our a hundred and fortieth anniversary in December and the upcoming completion of the Dexcom Stadium redevelopment. For sure, there’s a lot to be enthusiastic about, and I’ve little doubt that everybody will share that very same sense of pleasure and assist make this a 12 months to recollect.”
