Danny Wilson (rugby union)

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Danny Wilson
Date of birth (1976-07-31) 31 July 1976 (age 46)
Place of birth Weston-super-Mare, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Hornets
Weston Super Mare
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Treorchy 		()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
- Bristol U21 ()
Teams coached
YearsTeam
2008-10
2010-12
2012
2012-14
2014-15
2015-18
2018-20
2020-22
2023		 London Welsh
Newport Gwent Dragons (forwards coach)
Wales U20
Scarlets (forwards coach)
Bristol (forwards coach)
Cardiff Blues
Scotland (forwards coach)
Glasgow Warriors
Harlequins (lineout coach)

Danny Wilson is a professional rugby union coach. He is lineout and contact coach at Harlequins. [1] He was previously a head coach at Glasgow Warriors. [2]

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He was born in the West Country in Somerset, near Weston-super-Mare, England. [3] As a player he turned out at Hooker. [4]

Playing career

Amateur career

Wilson began playing rugby union for a couple of Weston-super-Mare sides; Hornets and Weston-super-Mare. [4] He moved to Cardiff to study and then played for Cardiff Metropolitan University. [4]

He also played a year with Treorchy. [4]

Professional career

Wilson played for Bristol Bears under 21 side. [5]

Coaching career

Club

A degenerative disc problem in his back ended Wilson's playing career at the age of 25; and Wilson moved into coaching. [4]

He secured a job coaching at Cardiff Blues academy before being named as London Welsh head coach in 2008. [6]

Wilson has coached three of the four Welsh regions being forwards coach at Newport Gwent Dragons and the Scarlets before taking over as head coach at the Cardiff Blues in 2015, replacing Mark Hammett in the role. [7]

Wilson from 2014 to 2015 was Bristol's forwards coach, working under former England coach Andy Robinson. However, in 2015 he left the club after they failed to gain promotion from the RFU Championship, to join the Cardiff Blues as head coach. [8]

After three seasons in Cardiff, it was announced that he would be leaving at the end of the 2017/18 season to join Wasps as Forwards coach. [9] He subsequently pulled out of that deal with Wasps, when the Forwards coach role with the Scotland team became available. [10]

Glasgow Warriors

In 20 November 2019, Wilson was announced as the new head coach of Glasgow Warriors for the 2020-21 season, succeeding Dave Rennie. [2]

Wilson stated: “I’ve been extremely impressed with the Scottish system in recent years and I’m looking forward to working with an exciting and talented squad of players at the Warriors. I want to build on the high-tempo style of play that I know the fans love and pay to see week in, week out." [2]

He officially took over as head coach of Glasgow Warriors on 1 June 2020. [11]

Glasgow Warriors finished 8th in the league in the 2021-22 season, and following a huge 76-14 loss against Leinster in the quarter-finals - the second worse loss in the team's history - on 6 June 2022, Wilson was relieved of his position as head coach. [12]

Harlequins

Wilson joined Harlequins as a lineout and contact coach on 12 January 2023, ahead of the 2023-24 season. [1]

International

Wilson also coached the Wales U20s team in the 2012 Junior World Championship [13] where the Welsh side defeated the Baby Blacks 9-6 in the group stage.[ citation needed ] Wales were knocked out in the semi-finals by the Baby Blacks but claimed the Bronze medal defeating Argentina in the third place playoff.[ citation needed ]

It was announced in 2018 that he would be joining the Scottish National side coaching team as forwards coach. [14]

Personal life

While playing in Wales, Wilson married Welsh international player Rachel Poolman. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Danny Wilson to join Quins coaching team". www.quins.co.uk.
  2. 1 2 3 "Wilson named new Head Coach". Glasgow Warriors.[ dead link ]
  3. 1 2 "New Scotland forwards coach Danny Wilson shares Townsend philosophy". The Scotsman. JPI Media. 28 October 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Thomas, Simon (20 June 2015). "The Danny Wilson interview: 'I've cut my teeth, now I'm in the deep end'". Wales Online. Reach.
  5. ↑ "Guinness PRO12 Big Interview: Danny Wilson". Cardiff Blues. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Danny Wilson: Scotland lure prompts U-turn for innovative coach". BBC Sport. 13 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Cardiff Blues confirm Danny Wilson as new head coach". BBC Sport. 11 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Danny Wilson leaves Bristol to join Cardiff Blues as head coach". The Guardian. Press Association. 11 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "Danny Wilson: Cardiff Blues coach appointed assistant coach at Wasps". BBC Sport. 14 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "Wasps 'disappointed' as Danny Wilson reneges on move to join Scotland as assistant coach". Sky Sports. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  11. ↑ Scott, Steve (26 May 2020). "Dave Rennie leaving a month early as Danny Wilson takes over at Scotstoun". The Courier. DC Thomson Media. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  12. ↑ "Danny Wilson stood down by Glasgow Warriors in wake of comprehensive defeat".
  13. ↑ "Wales announce Junior World Cup squad". Wales Online. 30 April 2012.
  14. ↑ "Danny Wilson". Scottish Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 4 November 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
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