{"id":160872,"date":"2025-09-22T11:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T11:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/160872\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T11:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T11:02:07","slug":"jez-parsons-looking-to-continue-teams-growth-after-appointment-as-navy-womens-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/160872\/","title":{"rendered":"Jez Parsons looking to continue team’s growth after appointment as Navy women’s head coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Royal Navy women’s rugby union team have a new head coach as Jez Parsons has been appointed in the role ahead of the new season.<\/p>\n

Parsons hopes to continue the Navy’s growth in the women’s game and build on the platform set by previous regimes.<\/p>\n

That includes a number of Navy players who starred for the UK Armed Forces at the 2025 International Defence Rugby Competition such as Jasmine Abel, Rose Dixon, Rowann Sinclair and Ellie Brightwell.<\/p>\n

“The foundations for this team have been laid impeccably over the past few years by the players, support staff, and previous management,”\u00a0he told the Royal Navy Rugby Union website.<\/a><\/p>\n

“Their dedication has built a platform of which the entire Naval Service can be proud. Thank you for your legacy; it is one I intend to respect and build upon.<\/p>\n

“It was fantastic to see so many of our players representing the UKAF team this year. That is a clear marker of our potential.<\/p>\n

“It will be a key priority of this coaching team to develop that raw talent, to ensure even more of our players are ready to seize that opportunity and perform at that higher level.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Parsons has outlined three key aims for his time in charge including turning the Navy into a team that can compete regularly against the Army and RAF.<\/p>\n

“We will build a side that can compete with the RAF and the Army on a much more consistent and competitive level,”\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n

“We will prepare to meet those historic rivals not just with passion, but with a structured, intelligent, and relentless game plan.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

He also intends to implement “a stern, professional standard in every aspect” and continue the development of the team’s elite athletes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Royal Navy women’s rugby union team have a new head coach as Jez Parsons has been appointed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-160872","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\/160872","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=160872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}