Welsh Rugby Union to appoint women’s lead in 2025
The yet-to-be-appointed new Wales women’s coach will report to the head of women’s rugby, a role the Wales Rugby Union (WRU) intends to create by 2025.
The new role was created following the resignation of Nigel Walker as executive director of rugby’s governing body. before he quits, Ioan Cunningham has resigned as head coach of the Wales women’s team.
“This high-profile role will directly manage the Wales Women’s Head Coach and develop and implement strategy for the women’s and girls’ games across Wales and become an integral part of the WRU’s high-performing team,” the governing body said.
Walker steps down Following what the WRU described as a “meticulous and far-reaching review” of high-performance elements of the men’s game, Warren Gatland remains as head coach Although the Welsh men’s team Log 12 – Test failed.
Walker, chief executive Abbie Tierney and chairman Richard Collier-Keewood have oversaw a tumultuous period in the WRU’s history, with Welsh rugby’s governing body saying in November last year after admitting “serious failings”. will apologize for the way it handled contract negotiations with the senior women’s team.
Collier-Keewood said Walker was involved in the initial negotiations; Accepted that “things should be done better.”
The altercation comes less than a year after Damn independent review A BBC Wales investigation has found that the WRU’s culture is sexist, misogynistic, racist and homophobic but these aspects have not been properly questioned.
The WRU has now released its full report on the governance of the women’s game.
Therefore, the governing body also announced:
