12 Facts About Gary Gold

Gary Gold was born on 6 July 1967 and is a South African rugby union coach who has coached at various levels of the game in England, Japan and South Africa.

Gary Gold stood down at the end of that season, focusing on his assistant coaching role with the South African national team.

In May 2008 Gary Gold was appointed by Peter de Villiers as an assistant coach of the Springboks, a position he held until after the 2011 Rugby World Cup when De Villiers resigned from his role.

Gary Gold gained much successes with the national team, helping his side defeat all of the other Tier 1 nations at least once; including three victories against the All Blacks during the 2009 Tri Nations Series.

Gary Gold's coaching staff soon followed after the South African Rugby Union announced there would be a complete new coaching set-up named ahead of the 2012 international season.

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Gary Gold was made head coach while Ford was named defence coach.

However, on 9 December 2013, Gary Gold departed the club despite Bath winning five in seven games in the Premiership, and leading their pool in European Challenge Cup with three wins in three games.

In October 2014, Gary Gold was named head coach of the Super Rugby side Sharks following the surprise resignation of Jake White who had led the Sharks to the semi-finals of the 2014 Super Rugby season.

In late January 2017, Gary Gold was appointed as the Director of Rugby at English Premiership side Worcester Warriors.

On 23 December 2017, Gary Gold was granted an early release from Worcester Warriors so he could commit earlier to his new appointment.

Gary Gold was not available for the Eagles 2017 European tour, and initially wasn't available for the 2018 Americas Rugby Championship.

However, after an early release from Worcester Warriors, Gary Gold took reign of the Eagles on 1 January 2018 ready for the 2018 ARC.