Wales have appointed Steve Tandy as their new head coach. The 45-year-old Welshman will become the permanent successor to Warren Gatland on 1 September after almost six years as Scotland\u2019s defence coach.<\/p>\n
Tandy is tasked with reviving his country\u2019s fortunes after their record 18-match losing run finally ended on 12 July with a 31-22 victory over Japan in Kobe. His first match in charge will be on Sunday 9 November against Argentina in Cardiff, which will be followed by meetings with Japan, New Zealand and the world champions, South Africa, on the following three weekends.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecoming head coach of my home country is a massive honour and a privilege,\u201d said Tandy, who will lead Wales into the 2027 Rugby World Cup in Australia. \u201cI am looking forward to playing a role in the rebuilding phase of Welsh rugby and taking the national team back to competing with the best countries in the world. I am excited about the potential of Welsh rugby and the group of young, hard-working players we have.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gatland\u2019s second spell as Wales head coach ended in February on the back of a 22-15 defeat by Italy in the second round of this year\u2019s Six Nations. Matt Sherratt took over on a temporary basis and oversaw defeats by Ireland, Scotland and England before leading this summer\u2019s two-match tour of Japan, which began on 5 July with a 24-19 loss in Kitakyushu.<\/p>\n
Tonmawr-born Tandy was head coach of Ospreys between 2012 and 2018, which included winning the Pro12 title in his first season, before serving as defence coach for the Australian side the Waratahs.<\/p>\n
The former flanker was also part of Gatland\u2019s backroom staff for the British and Irish Lions\u2019 tour of South Africa in 2021.<\/p>\n
The Welsh Rugby Union chief executive, Abi Tierney, said: \u201cAfter a thorough and detailed appointment process, Steve emerged as the standout candidate, and we know we have secured the very best coach for the job. This is a keystone appointment for us and an integral part of our five-year strategy as we look to achieve sustainable success for our senior men\u2019s side.<\/p>\n
skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n The latest rugby union news and analysis, plus all the week’s action reviewed<\/p>\n Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy<\/a>. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy<\/a> and Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/p>\n after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n \u201cSteve fits the bill in terms of the affinity he will be able to create with a young group of players with huge potential, but also the galvanising effect we know he can have on the whole rugby ecosystem as a proud Welshman. Our task now is to ensure Steve has the support and resources he needs to succeed in this role.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wales have appointed Steve Tandy as their new head coach. The 45-year-old Welshman will become the permanent successor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-11437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}