Meet the Coaches
Founder of NGR Played for: Llandovery RFC Ospreys U18 Ealing Trailfinders Henley Hawks Matt has over 7 years of coaching experience at both school, college and club level for men and women's teams. He also has 4 years of Semi-Professional experience at Welsh Premiership level and National club level.
Coached: Middlesex U16/U18 Ruislip Colts & Ruislip Ladies King College London University (KCL) Brunel University St Mary’s University UCL. Joe has played rugby from the age of 5. Due to an early injury he first transitioned his skills into refereeing. He has refereed international 2nd tier 7s and then began his coaching career at 17. He has worked with the RFU England Rugby for 7 years, coaching a number of club teams and universities.
Played for: Plymouth Albion Saracens (current). Sophie is a professional rugby player and teacher. For the last 3 years she has played professional rugby for Saracens Women’s team.
Played for: Wales U16 & U18 Gloucester Bath Toronto Arrows Swansea RFC Llandovery RFC. Jack has played professional rugby and international rugby for the last 5 years. Within this time he has played in the Premiership. Jack is currently coaching as a Performance Rugby Coach in London.
Played for: Bath Benetton London Scottish Italy Italy 7s Tonbridge Juddians RFC (current). Luca is still playing at professional level for Tonbridge Juddians, alongside coaching at Harlequins Academy.
Played for: England U16 Worcester Warriors Academy Loughborough University 1st XV England Students Old Albanians 1st XV. After 2 years playing for England U16 and Worcester Warriors Academy, Harry travelled to and played in Australia. At Loughborough he played in Bucs 1 and had 3 years at Nat 1 with Loughborough students and represented England students. Harry had 2 seasons with Old Albanians 1st XV in Nat 2 South before retiring. Harry is a qualified Level 2 rugby coach and referee.
Played for: Worcester Warriors Academy University of Bath Droitwich RFC Rosslyn Park B Battersea Ironsides Rugby Club (current). Cooper has represented his school at National level, his University and was a part of a Premiership Academy for 5 years. He has 4 years of coaching experience at both club and school level.
Played for: Bedford Blues England 7s London Wasps Blackheath RFC (current). Oskar is currently playing in Nat 1 for Blackheath RFC and coaching at a school in South East London.
Played for: Kent U18 Dunvant RFC Gowerton RFC Gravesend RFC George has been playing rugby from a young age and represented his county at U18. He has since coached University teams in Wales and is currently coaching at Gravesend Rugby Club for the Senior Teams.
Played for: Richmond Women Ireland Saracens Women (current). She properly started playing in 2017 at Streatham-Croydon Ladies. Having moved to Surrey County and then to premiership level, Richmond Women for 1 and half seasons, Grace accepted an Ireland Sevens contract and moved to Ireland. She joined Railway Union in Ireland and won the AIL in 2022, playing both Sevens and XVs for Ireland. Last year Grace moved back to the UK to focus on XVs, and accepted a contract from Saracens Women.
Played for: Bristol Bears Worcester Warriors Jersey Reds Stade Nicois (Fr) AS Monaco Rugby Blackheath RFC (current). Auguy is currently playing in Nat 1 for Blackheath RFC.
Played for: London Welsh Wasps RFC Jersey Reds Chinnor RFC (current). Josh has represented his country and played professional rugby for 8 years. He is in his third season with Chinnor RFC and has experience representing both Premiership and Championship clubs.
Played for: Saracens Women & OA Saints (current). Georgia started playing at 11. She first played for Welwyn Rugby Club from U13-U18 and during that time was in the Hertfordshire county squad. She went to Oaklands College at 18 and was part of their academy programme where she was then brought into the Saracens centre of excellence. Having been selected to move up to their senior women’s squad, Georgia is now contracted for Saracens alongside OA Saints who play in the Championship 1 League.
Reece has been a part of the London Irish DPP set up and has now moved to the Saracens U18 DPP set up. Reece plays for Ruislip RFC but also assists with coaching the Ruislip Rubies and Ruislip RFC Women.