Anthony Eddy is a

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

coach who recently was employed by the

Ireland Rugby Football Union The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) ( ga, Cumann Rugbaí na hÉireann) is the body managing rugby union in the island of Ireland (both Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland). The IRFU has its head office at 10/12 Lansdowne Road and home ...

from December 2014 to March 2022."Eddy: Sevens investment is crucial to be competitive"
''Independent'', Cian Tracey, 3 June 2017. His role with the IRFU was as both the Director of rugby sevens and the Director of women's rugby. Eddy was brought in to oversee the

Ireland national rugby sevens team The Ireland national rugby sevens team competes in several international rugby sevens competitions. The team is governed by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU). Ireland competes as a "core team" on the World Rugby Sevens Series, a competiti ...

shortly after the program was established in October 2014. Eddy has spent much of his coaching career in Australia. He coached the Australia under-20 national rugby union team. Eddy was General Manager for of rugby sevens for the

Australian Rugby Union Rugby Australia Ltd, previously named the Australian Rugby Union Limited and Australian Rugby Football Union Limited, is an Australian company operating the premier rugby union competition in Australia and teams. It has its origins in 1949. It ...

from 2013 to 2014, a position that involved developing the Australia national rugby sevens teams for the upcoming 2016 Olympics and building the annual

Australia Sevens The Australia Sevens is an international rugby sevens tournament that was first played in 1986. Currently hosted as the Sydney Sevens, the event is part of the World Rugby Sevens Series. The tournament was held in Brisbane, in Adelaide, and o ...

tournament. He also worked as an assistant coach in Super Rugby for the ACT Brumbies from 2002 to 2004, and the Queensland Reds. Eddy was also the head coach for the

Worcester Warriors Worcester Warriors Rugby Football Club is a professional rugby union club, based in Worcester, England, that is currently in Administration (law), administration and which has been suspended and will be relegated from Premiership Rugby, the top ...

in England from the summer of 2005 until the autumn of 2006."Eddy axed by struggling Worcester"
BBC Sport.

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