Former Leicester Tigers coach Tom Hudson will take over at Premiership Girls’s Rugby rivals Sale Sharks on the finish of the season.
The 30-year-old will succeed former Wales captain Rachel Taylor, who confirmed in January she would step down as head coach on the finish of this marketing campaign.
Hudson’s personal departure from Leicester was confirmed at an analogous time. He has been Tigers head coach for a yr, having been promoted from inside the ranks.
“I grew up in Heaton Moor, I used to be a part of the DPP and Sale Sharks is my household membership so I am actually excited to be coming again to a membership, a metropolis and a area meaning a lot to me,” mentioned Hudson.
“This membership has a lot potential and if we will construct on the good work that is gone earlier than, and add to the proficient group we have already received, then I do know we will create a successful tradition and one thing that younger ladies within the north aspire to be part of.”
“Tom is among the brightest younger coaches within the recreation and he has performed wonders with the programme at Leicester in his two years there,” mentioned former England captain Katy Daley-Mclean, who’s now Sale Sharks Girls’s programme lead .
Sale have additionally added Charlie Beckett, who performed alongside Hudson at Gloucester through the pair’s enjoying days, as defence coach. The 29-year-old has spent the final season as assistant coach at Loughborough Lightning.
Scrum coach Luke Stratford, who labored with Hudson at Leicester, additionally makes the swap to Sale.
Sale Sharks completed backside of the PWR desk, recording just one win of their 16 matches.
