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Jonathan Humphreys

Assistant Coach – Forwards

Profile Biog
Date of birth 27 February, 1969
Place of birth Bridgend
Playing career Cardiff, Bath
Coaching career Ospreys, Scotland, Glasgow Warriors

Jonathan Humphreys won 35 caps for Wales as a hooker between 1995-2003 and captained his country 19 times.

His international debut came against New Zealand at the 1995 World Cup and he was also in the 1999 World Cup squad. He played for Wales Students at the 1992 World Cup, Wales A and East Wales and made 240 appearances for Cardiff.

He played in the inaugural Heineken Cup final at the Arms Park in 1996, helped the Blue & Blacks win the Heineken League in 1994-95 and the inaugural Welsh-Scottish League crown in 1999-00. He was also in the Cardiff sides that won the WRU Challenge Cup in 1994 and 1997.

After 13 seasons at Cardiff he joined Bath in 2002 and went on to make 59 appearances for the English club. He launched his coaching career at the Ospreys in 2005 and spent eight years in charge of the forwards at the Liberty Stadium. In that time the Ospreys won the Celtic League title three times and the EDF Energy Cup.

He moved to Scotland in 2013, where he was forwards coach working under Vern Cotter. He spent four years in the role, attending a third World Cu point 2015, before linking up with another Kiwi coach, Dave Rennie, as forwards coach at Glasgow Warriors in 2017, helping them to reach the semi-finals and final of the Guinness PRO14.

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Warren Gatland

Head Coach

Neil Jenkins

Assistant Coach – Skills

Huw Bennett

Head of Physical Performance

John Ashby

Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach / Nutritional Support

Dr Ryan Chambers

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Jon Williams

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Rhodri Bown

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Prav Mathema

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Caroline Morgan

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Marc Kinnaird

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Richie Pugh

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Eifion Roberts

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Patrick Moran

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Nick Wakley

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Rhodri Williams

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Chris Edwards

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Chris Berry

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Gareth Wyatt

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John Miles

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Martyn Williams

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Dale Thomas

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Todd Taylor

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Ioan Cunningham

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Alex King

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Mike Forshaw

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Callum Niblett

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Mike Hill

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Lois Drummie

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Tom Sheppard

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Shaun Connor

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Chloe Montgomery

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Sam Hobs

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Scott Sneddon

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George Morgan

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WIll Bevan

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Angela Daw

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Jamie Cox

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Cara Jones

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Eve Holcombe

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Gwennan Williams

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Elin Drake

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JP Bevan

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Saul Nelson

Forwards coach

Ned Partridge

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Matt Ward

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Josh Turnbull

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Jon Hughes

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Assistant coach

Declan Iles

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Lucy Brown

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