Alex King and Mike Forshaw have been appointed to Warren Gatland’s backroom team as attack coach and defence coach respectively.
They join Jonathan Humphreys (forwards coach) and Neil Jenkins (skills coach) in the Wales senior men’s coaching line-up.
King, a former fly-half who won five caps for England, previously served as Wales attack coach for the 2017 Six Nations while Gatland was on secondment to the British & Irish Lions. King spent the majority of his playing career at Wasps before a move to Clermont Auvergne, where he later transitioned into coaching helping the French side to their first ever Top 14 title.
King also aided Northampton Saints’ Premiership title win in 2014, before a move to Montpellier. His most recent role was as attack coach for Gloucester, a position he held for two seasons.
Forshaw joins Wales from Premiership Rugby side Sale Sharks where he has been defence coach since May 2013. Wigan-born Forshaw, a former dual-code player who was capped by England and Great Britain in rugby league, worked with Warrington and Wigan in Super League and had previously spent three years coaching with Connacht including helping the Irish province make its Heineken Cup debut in 2011.
In his playing career Forshaw represented Wigan, Wakefield Trinity and Leeds Rhinos before a short stint in union with Saracens. He returned to league with Bradford Bulls before finishing his playing career with Warrington Wolves.
