Barney is a current London Irish second-row, who joined Irish from Ealing Trailfinders at the beginning of last season, he made 25 appearances for Irish last season and is looking forward to mixing with the best in the premiership this coming season. Barney is an experienced coach and will bring his plenty of new and contemporary ideas to Bracknell RFC.

Mathew Heeks - Skills Coach and Head Coach of the BRFC U18 Academy

Matt has represented Scotland U18,U19,U20 & England Counties, whilst playing at a variety of top clubs including Wasps, London Scottish, Richmond and Rosslyn Park. He is a Level 3 RFU coach, with a BSc (Hons) in Sports Science (Coaching), having learnt his trade with various teams including London Irish, and age group teams at both Berkshire and Bucks.

Barney & Matt are a fantastic addition to the club coaching team, and we are looking forward enormously to them working within our senior coaching team.

Jamie continues in the role of Director of Rugby and will be supported by Head Coach Dan Ap Dafydd

We wish the coaching team every success this season.

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