Here’s the latest about Jo Yapp based on recent public reporting:
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The Pony Club is an unusual place to find elite half-backs, but if you were a rugby scout in the Midlands around the mid-1990s watching a spot of tetrathlon, you could have snapped up two: brother and sister Tony and Jo Yapp.
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www.newsnow.co.ukJo Yapp was most recently director of rugby at Worcester Warriors Women, and previously head coach of England Women U20s; The former scrum-half won 70 caps for England and captained the Red Roses to the 2006 World Cup final; Yapp becomes the first full-time head coach of Australias women
www.skysports.comIn the early hours of this morning Rugby Australia announced the appointment of the former Worcester Warriors’ head coach, Jo Yapp as the first ever
4theloveofsport.co.ukSeventy-time capped England international Jo Yapp has been appointed the Head of Women’s Pathway – a br...
www.ultimaterugby.comWith Australia falling to Canada 46-5 in the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup quarter-finals last weekend, Yapp has coached that national side for the final time.
www.rugbypass.comThe British & Irish Lions have confirmed that Jo Yapp will be head coach of their 2027 Tour of New Zealand.
www.rugbypass.comRugby Australia has announced that Wallaroos Head Coach Jo Yapp will return to England at the conclusion of the 2025 Rugby World Cup.
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