Connacht appoint extremely impressive South African Senekal as forwards coach
The 40-year-old has most recently worked with Stade Francais after taking over from Paul O’Connell. By The42 Team Friday 30 Apr 2021, 1:34 PM Fri 1:34 PM 6,773 Views 8 Comments
CONNACHT RUGBY HAVE appointed their new forwards coach, with South African Dewald Senekal joining the province from the beginning of the 2021/22 season.
Senekal comes to The Sportsground with extensive coaching experience, most recently serving as forwards coach for Stade Francais in the Top 14 after succeeding Ireland and Munster legend Paul O’Connell in the role.
Dewald will join the coaching team ahead of the 2021-22 season
Connacht s Jack Carty. Photo: Sportsfile
By the end of the night the subtext looked more important than the main news item, even if it was an historic result. Between the comings and goings in the Kingspan and the RDS it had been a productive few hours in feathering the Irish nest.
Munster’s attempt at maintaining their unbeaten record, against Ulster, had been driven initially by Ben Healy, and followed up by Jack Crowley. A 21 year old playing his 11th game for Munster, backed up by his Academy teammate, who will be 21 on Wednesday, making his senior debut. As for Leinster, in the last quarter they turned to David Hawkshaw, captain of the Ireland under 20s two seasons ago.