Bernard Jackman relishing Welsh adventure

Bernard Jackman is a self-confessed rugby junkie and that’s why nobody was happier than he was when the pre-season began at his new club, the Dragons, earlier this month.

After six seasons in France coaching in the toughest league in the world, the former Connacht, Leinster and Ireland hooker is back in the PRO12, or soon to be PRO14, and looking to breathe new life and fire into the recently rescued Welsh region.

Had the WRU not taken them over this summer, the Dragons would have folded.