Nick Walshe

Nicholas Patrick James Walshe (born 1 November 1974 in Chiswick, London), is a former rugby union footballer who played at scrum-half for England. He was educated at Worth, an independent school in West Sussex.

Walshe was Head Coach of the England Under 20 taking them to successive victories the IRB Junior World Championship.

Walshe moved from Saracens to Sale Sharks in 2002. He moved again in 2004 to Bath.

Walshe was first called up to the senior England squad by Clive Woodward for the 2000 England rugby union tour of South Africa.

Walshe appeared several times over the years for the England A Team before winning his two full caps as a replacement on the 2006 tour to Australia.

In 2007 Walshe began coaching part-time at a local Bath club, Old Sulians, laying the foundations for their promotion to the Somerset Premier. Walshe moved on again at the beginning of 2008 to a player/backs coach role at Bedford Blues. In 2011 Walshe moved to work at the RFU Elite Rugby Department as Assistant Coach to Rob Hunter for the England Under 20's Squad. In 2013 he moved to Head Coach and became leader of the team that for the first time ever secured England as the IRB Junior World Champions for 2013. In that particular tournament in France, England set another record achievement of defeating the four times IRB Junior World Champions, The New Zealand All Blacks in the semi finals. Walshe and his team successfully defended their championship title this June (2014) in Auckland, New Zealand.

From the 2014-15 season he has taken up the post of backs and attack coach at Gloucester Rugby.

During September of the 2016-2017 season he joined Coventry Rugby Club as attack coach.