Worcester Head Coach

I see they are due to name the head coach this week. Toby Booth was mentioned, there was a glint in Paul Turners eye when I wished him good luck for the future on Saturday.

Rothman2 wrote:

I heard it is Matt Everard.

Confirmed this morning by email to subscribers, then public shortly afterwards.

TeflonTed, 2 miles from Sixways

Worcester Warriors have named former Leicester Tigers defence coach Matt Everard as their new head coach.

Warriors are set to return to professional rugby union next season in the Championship, two-and-a-half years after going into administration.

The 34-year-old former Leicester and Wasps back-rower began coaching with Wasps after retirement in 2017.

He returned to Welford Road initially as a senior academy coach for the 2022-23 season before moving into the role of defence coach in December 2022. He was stood down from that post in February.

Worcester were suspended from all competitions in September 2022 and put into administration over unpaid tax, but passed an RFU-led tender process to enter the expanded second tier next season.

Everard said the decision to take the job was a "no brainer".

"What we're doing is one of a kind really, building from scratch with a clean slate," he told BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester.

Everard said the club would put together a squad of 30-40 players involving a "good blend" of big-game experience and "familiar faces" with youthful energy, adding that he had been "inundated" with players and agents reaching out.

Announcements on player signings should begin "this week", he said.