Final tickets still available! Get your tickets for the British & Irish Lions tour here.<\/a><\/p>\nWales were on a record 18-match losing run before finally ending that dismal streak on July 12 with a 31-22 victory over Japan in Kobe.<\/p>\n
Tandy will become the permanent successor to Warren Gatland on September 1 following almost six years as Scotland’s defence coach.<\/p>\n
The 45-year-old Welshman’s first match in charge will be on November 9 against Argentina in Cardiff.<\/p>\n
Wales also face Japan, New Zealand and world champions South Africa in the November internationals.<\/p>\n
“Becoming head coach of my home country is a massive honour and a privilege,” Tandy said.<\/p>\n
“I 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.<\/p>\n
“I am excited about the potential of Welsh rugby and the group of young, hardworking players we have.”<\/p>\n
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 Australian side the Waratahs.<\/p>\n
The former flanker was also part of Gatland’s backroom staff for the British and Irish Lions’ tour of South Africa in 2021.<\/p>\n
Welsh Rugby Union chief executive Abi Tierney said: “This is a keystone appointment for us. Steve 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.”<\/p>\n
Gatland’s second spell as Wales boss ended in February after a 22-15 defeat to Italy in the second round of the Six Nations.<\/p>\n
Matt Sherratt took over on a temporary basis and oversaw defeats by Ireland, Scotland and England before leading the two-match tour of Japan, which began on July 5 with a 24-19 loss in Kitakyushu before the losing streak was broken a week later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wales appointed Steve Tandy as their head coach on Monday, with the former Scotland assistant facing a major…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85,12812],"class_list":["post-11912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-wales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11912","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=11912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}