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Michael Bradley |
Head Coach
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Edinburgh Rugby will be led into a new season of RaboDirect PRO12 and Heineken Cup action by a man with considerable experience in the upper echelons of the game, head coach Michael Bradley.
As an international scrum-half, Bradley helped Ireland win the Triple Crown in 1985, and went on to feature in the 1987 and 1995 Rugby World Cups. In all, he won 40 caps for his country, captaining them 13 times. At club level Bradley won three leagues, three cups, and one All-Ireland title with Cork Constitution, his home-town club.
His first coaching role was with the Temple Hill outfit, from where he progressed to the role of head coach of the Ireland under-21 team, contributing to the progress of players such as Tommy Bowe.
Bradley then spent seven years as director of rugby at Galway-based Connacht, and helped establish the province as one of the best developers of young talent in European rugby as well as guiding the team to three Amlin Challenge Cup semi-finals.
His achievements at Connacht saw him receive the inaugural Magners League Chairman’s Award for excellence in coaching in August 2010, where his outstanding contribution to the development of the Magners League brand and profile were honoured.
Bradley subsequently took on the role of technical adviser to the Georgia national team, working alongside former Scotland head coach Richie Dixon to see the side remain unbeaten in their 2010/11 European Nations Cup fixtures ahead of a Rugby World Cup meeting with Scotland in September.
Bradley previously spent five years as head coach of the Ireland A team, led the full side to New Zealand and Australia as head coach in 2008, and was an assistant coach on their 2006 trip to Japan. |
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