Mr Mike Ruddock, OBE

Career: rugby union player and coach; played as back row forward for Blaina, Tredegar, Swansea (Swansea Player of the Year 1982) and Wales B, ret following industrial accident 1985; coach: Blaina 1986-88 (winners Monmouthshire Premier League 1987), Cross Keys 1988-90, Bective Rangers 1990-91, Swansea 1991-97 (beat Aust nat team 1992, Welsh League 1992 and 1994, Welsh Challenge Cup 1995), Leinster 1997-2000 (winners Irish Provincial Championship 1997, also coach Ireland A and asst coach Ireland 1998), Ebbw Vale 2000-03, Newport Gwent Dragons 2003-04, Wales nat team 2004-06 (winners Six Nations Championship and Grand Slam 2005, former coach Emerging Wales and Wales A and former asst nat team coach); dir of rugby Worcester Warriors 2007-; Welsh Coach of the Year 1992 and 2005; hon fell: Cardiff Univ 2005, Newport Univ 2005