The 62-year-old will not be full-time, operating on a consultancy basis over the next two years
will be hoping that performance guru David Nucifora can do for them what he did for Ireland after he agreed a part-time role with the country’s union to oversee their player development programme.
“To ensure we can compete at the highest level we need someone of David’s experience to design and implement, at pace, a structure that supports our best talent,” Scottish Rugby chairman John McGuigan said in a statement on Tuesday. “I’m well aware of the ambition Scotland has as a rugby nation and the desire to nurture talent to ensure we can compete at the highest level over the long term. To ensure this ambition can be realised we will design and implement a structure which supports high performance outcomes,” Nucifora said.
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