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Yapp named Lions women head coach
Paisley Daily Express
|May 28, 2026
HISTORIC ROLE FOR EX-RED ROSES CAPTAIN AND AUSTRALIA BOSS
Jo Yapp has been appointed as the first head coach of the British & Irish Lions women's team.
JO YAPP has been appointed head coach of the British and Irish Lions women’s team for their inaugural tour to New Zealand next year.
Yapp has been chosen ahead of fellow England employee John Mitchell for the role and will start work for the Lions on a part-time basis in July before becoming full-time in January.
The former Red Roses captain currently acts as head of women's pathway at the Rugby Football Union but was in charge of Australia for last year’s World Cup and has coached internationally at age-grade level and in Premiership 1 Women's Rugby.
This story is from the May 28, 2026 edition of Paisley Daily Express.
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