Given the precarious nature of coaching as a profession, staying in charge of one team for 500 matches is a truly remarkable achievement. Yet that’s precisely the milestone Mike Rayer has reached after 17 years at the helm of English Championship club Bedford RFC.
The former Cardiff and Wales full-back hit his landmark last weekend, as his players celebrated the occasion in style with a 10-try 62-21 victory away to London Irish. You can read more about his fascinating rugby life here.
Having played for the club for a couple of seasons in the late 1990s, either side of two spells at the Arms Park, Rayer returned to Goldington Road in 2005 to take up the post of Director of Rugby. He’s still there today, so what does he put his longevity down to?
