David Nash (15 July 1939 – 30 October 2016) was a Wales international rugby union player. A
number 8 forward, he attained 6 caps for Wales between 1960 and 1961. Nash was selected for the 1962
British Lions tour of South Africa. He played his club rugby for
Ebbw Vale
Ebbw Vale (; ) is a town at the head of the valley formed by the Ebbw Fawr tributary of the Ebbw River in Wales. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of Blaenau Gwent county borough. The Ebbw Vale and Brynmawr conurbation has a ...
.
In 1967 Nash was appointed as the first honorary national coach of the
Wales national rugby union team
The Wales national rugby union team () represents the Welsh Rugby Union in men's international rugby union. Its governing body, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), was established in 1881, the same year that Wales played their first international agai ...
. He was appointed to coach Wales for the season, but having won one and drawn one out of the five international matches played, he resigned when the
Welsh Rugby Union
The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU; ) is the governing body of rugby union in the country of Wales, recognised by the sport's international governing body, World Rugby.
The WRU is responsible for the running of rugby in Wales, overseeing 320 member clu ...
refused to allow him to accompany Wales on their 1968 tour of Argentina. Eventually, the WRU reversed their decision, appointing
Clive Rowlands
Daniel Clive Thomas Rowlands OBE (14 May 1938 – 29 July 2023) was a Welsh rugby union footballer and coach.
Rowlands was born in Upper Cwmtwrch on 14 May 1938. As recorded in the preface for the book ''The Children of Craig-Y-Nos'', Rowland ...
to tour as coach. He died in 2016, aged 77.
OBITUARY: First Wales National Coach, David Nash, dies.
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References
External links
Wales profile
1939 births
2016 deaths
Barbarian F.C. players
British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales
Crumlin RFC players
Ebbw Vale RFC players
Monmouthshire County RFC players
Rugby union players from Caerphilly County Borough
Wales international rugby union players
Wales national rugby union team coaches
Welsh rugby union coaches
Welsh rugby union players
Rugby union number eights
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