Dragons add Marnitz to coaching staff

Dragons’ Head Coach Bernard Jackman has announced that Hendre Marnitz will join his coaching team as Defence Coach for the coming season. 

Marnitz joins the Dragons from South African side Blue Bulls where he took on the role of backs and defence coach and most recently head coach.

Prior to his time coaching within the Blue Bulls development programme, the experienced coach took over as head coach of the All Ireland league side Buccaneers for four seasons.

The Johannesburg born scrum-half linked up with the Dragons during pre-season preparations at the beginning of August to look after the defence and exit strategy areas.

Commenting on the announcement, Marnitz said: “I am relishing the opportunity to work in Welsh Rugby. 

“There are a lot of great rugby traditions within the region, and my first impressions are that we have a young exciting group of players who are hungry to learn and are hard working.

“I am also looking forward to putting our systems in place and seeing how the group evolves over the next couple of weeks.”