A sit down with the WRU's new DoR Dave Reddin

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4.6 • 927 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Gareth Rhys Owen and Lauren Jenkins head to the Principality Stadium for a sit down with new Welsh Rugby Union director of rugby Dave Reddin and WRU chief executive Abi Tierney. Reddin speaks about his vision for the game in Wales and the immediate tasks he faces which includes helping to appoint a permanent head coach for the Wales men's team to replace Warren Gatland.

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0:31.7	This is BBC Sounds. Hello everybody. Welcome to the Scram 5 podcast. Another breaking news story. Today,
0:40.1	it's a new appointment, Lauren. It doesn't feel like a breaking news story. Well, we knew it was
0:45.5	coming, the confirmation of a new director of rugby. Dave Reddin, the Welsh Rugby Union's
0:51.6	director of rugby. We are about to speak to him on the pod. We've
0:55.7	just been part of a press conference where he's addressed the media for the first time,
1:00.3	walked in, shook everyone's hand.
1:02.6	Very un-Welish. Very, very un-Welsh. Introduce himself personally.
1:08.0	But yeah, look, for those who don't know him, he was performance director alongside Clive Woodward, when England won the Rugby World Cup back in 2003.
1:17.9	He was then, well, he's had various different roles, but among them, head of performance for Team G.B. at London 2012, when they finished with the record medal hall.
1:30.2	He worked alongside Gareth Southgate for six years at the f a and despite perhaps not having a Welsh rugby expertise he does have a rugby background
1:38.6	he talked about starting his career at lester tigers as a fitness coach in the amateur era.
1:45.0	He's toured with the lions.
1:47.0	And yeah, I mean, interestingly, he said his, did he use the word ignorance?
1:55.0	His ignorance to watch, it could be a good thing.
1:57.0	And he's coming in with fresh eyes.
1:59.0	There's no emotional ties ties and in some ways
2:03.3	yeah I can see the benefit of that
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