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Elwood And Foley To Continue As O2 Ireland Wolfhounds Coaches
28 October 2011, 4:13 pm
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Eric Elwood and Anthony Foley will contine in their roles with the O2 Ireland Wolfhounds
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The Irish Rugby Football Union has announced the retention of last season's coaching team for the O2 Ireland Wolfhounds. Eric Elwood and Anthony Foley will again take up the reins for the side's game against the England Saxons early next year.
He will link up again with his former international team-mate and current Munster forwards coach Anthony Foley, who won 62 caps for his country and will take responsibility for the forwards on the Wolfhounds team.
The remaining senior member of the Wolfhounds management team is manager Joey Miles who has worked with the Wolfhounds side for the last six seasons as well as with the Ireland senior squad on the tours to Japan in 2005 and New Zealand/Australia in 2008.
The Wolfhounds coaching team will work closely with the Ireland national management in terms of preparing the Wolfhounds for their upcoming game.
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