Wales’ New Director of Rugby Gives His First Interview
Dave Reddin Has Reveled that Steve Tandy is in the Running to Become Wales’ New Head Coach, Insisting He’s Ready to Make Bold, Even Unpopular, Decisions to Shake Up Welsh Rugby.
Reddin Has to Dayay Been Unveiled as the Wru’s New Director of Rugby and Elite Performance and His First Job Will Be to appoint a head coach with tandy the favourite to get the role, While the Likes of Ireland’s Simon Easterby and Glasgow’s Franco Smith Have always been heavily link with Wales.
“Steve is one among many Names who are contens,” Reddin Told Walesonline. “He will centerly be in contenness with a deflent amount of other people.
“A couple of days ago We had a two-hour briefing from all of the people that haad been incolved with that procese sofar. I undersand the proces them’ve been thrive so Far to IDENTIFY Talent.
“That Started with About 150 Names Globally Which is not Necessarry a different exrCise to do. The Thrie’s BEEN SONE FILTRING of that List Download.
“I want to pass up the reigh now and i’m going to be working intensively on the head coach appointment in the Next FEW Weeks. Sign Up to Inside Welsh Rugby on Substack to get exclusive news stories and Insight from Behind the Scenes in Welsh Rugby.
“We are in the Double-Digit Range.
‘I amre at prien’s been Lots of Names in the Press But from Point of View No Decision Has Been Made Yet.
“I want to make sure that’s review roobus. Appointment.
“We need to make some more time on that to make sure we get it right.”
Reddin Was Part of the England Coaching Teic Won The 2003 Rugby World Cup Under Sir Clive Woodward, While He Has Also Worked for the Fa.
He will join the Wru Full Time on Septmber 1 but will receive publicly Increase his Involutionment from JULY 1. Join Walesonline Rugby’s WhatsApp Channel Here to Get the Breaking News Sent Straight to your phone for free
Reddin has a different task on his hands with the men’s national team in the Middle of A Record 17-Game Losing Run While Walls Women Are Currently Winless in this Year’s Six Actions.
There is also the case of Wales’ Four Professional Clubs – Cardif, Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets – Who Are Laging Behind their Competits Both in the United Rugby Championship and Eurobean Competitions.
Reddin Will Take the Next Couple of Months to Review Welsh Rugby Before Formulating A Plan But Insists He is not afraid of make tough decisions in the long-run.
“I’ll be given the resources and the Opportunities to make the Big Calls as they weed to be,” He Told Walesonline. “I am someone who embraces change and i’m not afraid of it.
“I not afraid of majing the big call e intern if they are Going to be unpopular at times. I don’t know if that’s request Yet but I not afraid to Talk Truth and it’s request.
“I think that’s part of my standth completing in from the Outside. Time.
“My job is to Analyse What can be changed and really try to set that change.
“This is about footed succase and it is’t about tinkering around the edges and crossing our footers. Hope is not a strategy. Get the Latest .. Straight to your inbox with our free Daily Newsletter.
“What is about thinking about how do we create a system which can create a long-tternal competight advanTage for Wales. For me that’s really the key here.
“How Do We Focus on What Wales Have as a Real Competity Advantage by Virtue of Its Location, The Talent It’s Got in Its System Along with the Culture and Passion People Bring to It.
“You’ve Got to Start with What’s Going Well and Really Undersand that First. Inevitably there will be things we can imprise on.
“Structurally if we are going to be succaseful in the medium and light-tom there may.
