BATH RUGBY

bath rugby BATH APPOINT HATLEY AS HEAD COACH

Bath have appointed Neal Hatley as their new Head Coach.

Director of Rugby Stuart Neal Hatley arrived back at Bath after Hooper has confirmed the the 2019 Rugby World Cup appointment of Neal Hatley as Bath Rugby Head Coach. Hatley returned to Bath as Forwards and Defence Coach after helping guide England to the Rugby World Cup Final in Japan.

He re-joined Bath Rugby after three and half successful years in the international setup, bringing with him a wealth of experience at all levels of the professional game.

Hooper said: “We’re thrilled to confirm Neal as Head Coach. The Director of Rugby and Head Coach setup has always been the route I want to follow. I believe it’s the right way to get the best out of our people. Bringing Neal back into our environment was about reconnecting, finding out how I can complement him, how he can complement me and how we can deliver the best programme at the Club.”

Hatley said: “When I rejoined Bath, Stuart was very clear about what we are trying to do at the Club. Now as Head Coach at Bath, I’m responsible for field performance. With my focus on delivering great performances on the pitch, it allows Stuart to focus on how we want to play and perform, making sure we are doing what we discussed in training and optimising everything we do.

“As Head Coach, I want to make sure I get the best out of our players and that’s a lot about building relationships, knowing they trust your leadership. I’ve set out very clearly with those guys, influence them,

how I expect our players to behave, how I expect them to train and how we expect to treat each other.

“Not only is Bath an incredible city to live in but it’s a rugby city through and through. I feel incredibly proud to be Head Coach at this Club and believe me, we want to win can build a world-class squad, exactly

silverware.”

Hooper added: “You can talk about significant expertise in areas of the game but it’s only a small part of being Head Coach. Neal’s ability to connect with the players and develop those relationships along principles of our play is a huge skill. “He takes players on the journey and helps them understand why we do what we do. His ability to connect develop them outside of the training field is massive and an absolutely fundamental part of being a Head Coach.

“In the same way I look at how we with his ability to deliver the key

the same detail and thought goes into our rugby staff. I believe that appointing Hats in this role makes our coaching team even stronger as we head into the culmination of the season.”

• bathrugby.com

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