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Mark heads up the coaching team for the academy, as well as overseeing coach and player development throughout the youth section of the club. His free-thinking philosophy has been readily adopted by the players, and proved extremely successful.

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Dan is a young coach who brings fresh ideas and a unique perspective to the side. His work with the forwards has seen the construction of a highly successful unit who are dominant in both the set piece and in the loose.

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Stu works with Dan in the forwards, using his many years of playing experience and knowledge to help perfect the highly technical areas of the scrum and lineout.

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Colin is responsible for all of our fitness and conditioning work, particularly during the summer months when he plans and implements a full program leading up to the season to ensure all players are in peak physical shape for their relative positions. He is also very involved with backs coaching.

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Chris has joined the academy from a background inHockey coaching. Although his knowledge of rugby is limited, his insights into generic coaching techniques are invaluable.