Place of birth Swansea, Wales Weight 108 kg (17 st 0 lb) Years Club / team | Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Position [Lock/Flanker] Education Swansea University | |
Date of birth (1980-05-29) 29 May 1980 (age 36) | ||
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Richard Lancaster (born 29 May 1980) is a rugby union coach.
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Playing career
Lancaster played second row and back row for Mumbles, Swansea and London Welsh RFC, before retiring from competitive rugby at the age of 24 due to a serious knee injury.
Coaching career
Following Lancaster's premature retirement from playing he moved into coaching first with Mumbles RFC and then taking the Head Coach role for Swansea University. Lancaster presided over the team for 7 years, in his first year winning promotion and taking the team into the British Universities and Colleges Premiership. He had a successful tenure as coach maintaining their Premiership status and securing a proud 5 wins v 3 defeats in the Annual Welsh Varsity.
During this time, Lancaster's started working with then Ospreys coaches Sean Holley and Scott Johnson and was appointed Head Coach of the Ospreys Under 20's team and placed with Steve Tandy as coaches of the Bridgend Ravens. At his time as Director of Rugby, Johnson was quoted as saying that these were two of the most promising young coaches in Welsh Rugby and flagged their names as potential future Ospreys coaches.
Lancaster moved from the Ravens to Swansea, firstly in the position of Performance Manager in the 2013-14 season and then following Swansea relegation out of the top flight of Welsh Rugby Lancaster was appointed Director of Rugby for the start of the 2014-15 season. He is joined on the coaching team by Team Manager Paul Whapham, Backs coach Rhodri Jones, Forwards coach Christian Loader and Skills Coach Ben Lewis.
Lancaster took a brief sabbatical from his position to assist in the Rugby Canada efforts in the 2015 World Cup.
His competitive record as Swansea Coach is played 45, won 38, lost 7. Swansea are currently playing in the Welsh Championship, looking to secure a top 4 finish and promotion back into the Welsh Premier Division when it is extended to 16 teams in the 2016-17 season.
Professional Life
Lancaster currently works for Swansea University as Head of Sport and Corporate Engagement. Lancaster is also a Director of the Welsh Varsity and is credited with the success of the event, having worked at developing the concept for over a decade.