Connacht Rugby have announced the appointment of Trevor Woodman as the club’s new Scrum Coach from next season.
Woodman will bring a wealth of playing and coaching experience at the highest level of the game. His coaching CV includes over 15 years of working in the English Premiership, including a 12-year stint as part of the coaching team at Gloucester Rugby.
He joined Gloucester in 2014 after starting his coaching career in Australia, initially working with Sydney University and as National Scrum Coach with the Australian Rugby Union, before moving back to England to become the Forwards Coach at Wasps, a position he held for four seasons.
His playing career is equally distinguished, most notably winning a World Cup medal with England in 2003, starting as loose-head prop in the final win over Australia in what was one of his 22 caps for his country.
On the club scene he played for Gloucester between 1995 and 2004, making over 140 appearances. He then enjoyed a stint at Sale Sharks before embarking on his coaching career.
Woodman succeeds Cullie Tucker whose departure at the end of the campaign to become Head Coach of the Ireland U20s was announced earlier in the season.
