Richard Whiffin named as Gloucester Rugby’s new Head of Academy

Gloucester Rugby have confirmed that Richard Whiffin has been appointed as the club's new Head of Academy.

"I'm absolutely delighted," commented Whiffin.

"We had a very successful year at the back end of last season, and I'm just pleased that I've been given the opportunity to take that forward and try and grow what is already a very good programme and achieve more success."

Whiffin, who joined Gloucester Rugby as Academy Backs Coach in the summer of 2016 from London Irish succeeds Neil McCarthy who left at the end of last season, and will seek to follow on from the success, knowledge and structures that McCarthy put in place.