MANAGEMENT, ANALYSIS AND OPERATIONS

RICHARD HILL

TEAM MANAGER

NATIONALITY: English PREVIOUS: Saracens/ RFU player development JOINED: 2016

WORLD CUP winner acts as a sounding board for players and management. Helps identify players and discovered Sam Underhill.

CHARLOTTE GIBBONS

TEAM OPERATIONS

NATIONALITY: English PREVIOUS: RFU elite player admin manager JOINED: 2016

COMPILES a wealth of information about players in the system.

NEIL CRAIG*

HEAD OF HIGH PERFORMANCE

NATIONALITY: Australian PREVIOUS: Carlton (Aussie Rules) Director of coaching JOINED: 2017

IN charge of ‘intangibles’ that make the team tick — leadership, communication and teamwork.

FRAN LEIGHTON OPERATIONS

NATIONALITY: English PREVIOUS: Rugby World Cup 2015 team services manager JOINED: 2016

CAPTAINED the first GB Women’s Olympic water polo team at London 2012. In charge of team logistics.

CARWYN MORGAN

SENIOR PERFORMANCE ANALYST

NATIONALITY: Welsh PREVIOUS: England analyst JOINED: 2016

ALONG with fellow analyst

JOE LEWIS, sits with the coaches in front of a bank of screens analysing matches and training sessions. Another who uses GPS data and drones.

GARY LESTER KITMAN

NATIONALITY: English PREVIOUS: Marines physical trainer JOINED: 2005

EX-Marine in charge of every item for training and matches. He has to wash it all, too!