John Alder has been appointed as the Welsh Rugby Union’s new head of player development, with the governing body lauding him as a potential asset to the game in Wales.
He teams up again with the union’s performance director Nigel Walker, the pair having previously been colleagues at the English Institute of Sport (EIS).
The new man has vast experience in player development and performance pathways with the EIS and UK Sport. He has also worked for the past five years with athletes in Olympic and Paralympic sport and was earlier a former high-performance lead for New Zealand Rugby League.
