User:Chris chudleigh

Chris Chudleigh is a former Army Officer who served with the Royal Regiment of Wales and The Royal Welch Fusiliers. Since he left the Army in 2007 he worked as Community Marketing Manager for Sale Sharks. In 2008 he started his own Rugby Coaching Company RugbyPerformance.co.uk Ltd. The core delivery programme is the Social Inclusion programme "School of Hard Knocks" which has become a TV series on Sky Sports. Chudleigh delivers SOHK alongside former British Lions, Will Greenwood and Scott Quinnell.

Chudleigh was responsible for running Rugby Coaching and coach education within the Britsh Army and coached several teams both at Unit and Representative level in the Forces. Outside of military circles Chudleigh has coached at City of Derry RUFC, Northwich RUFC, Orrell RUFC, Sedgley Park RUFC, Halifax RUFC, West Park RFC (St Helens), and Bedford Blues.

RugbyPerformance.co.uk Ltd also runs Cage Rugby and is respsonsible for marketing The Sharks Academy (Kwa Zulu Natal) in the UK. The South African links are reinforced through Company Director, Richard de Jager, the manager of the SA Rugby Union player exchange programme and director of development for The Sharks.