World Rugby have confirmed the appointment of Nicky Ponsford as the international federation’s Director of High Performance following a global process. Since joining the international federation in 2021 as Women’s High Performance Manager, Ponsford has been instrumental in resetting the sport’s global high performance structures, creating a targeted approach to high-performance gains in line with
Nicky Ponsford has been Head of Performance to England women’s rugby for the last nineteen years, so news that she will be seconded to World Rugby in a similar capacity is inevitably a surprise. I once asked her why there wasn’t a woman overall in charge of women’s rugby in England. She replied that the
Nicky Ponsford to join World Rugby on a two-year secondment from the RFU starting in July 2021 World Rugby Executive Committee approves an increase of £600,000 to the initial £2 million RWC High Performance Preparation Fund RWC 2021 High Performance Investment Fund will benefit qualified teams and those still within the qualification process World Rugby
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