Here’s the latest about Jo Yapp based on recent public reporting:
- Jo Yapp finished her contract as Wallaroos head coach in 2025 and announced she would return to England after the World Cup, with Rugby Australia beginning a search for her successor.[2][3]
- In 2026, she was reported to have been appointed to a new RFU role as Head of Women’s Pathway, starting July 2026, signaling a continued leadership role in England women’s rugby and alignment with England Rugby’s pathway strategy.[4]
- Reports in May 2026 connected Yapp with leadership for the 2027 British & Irish Lions Women’s tour, indicating ongoing high-profile coaching roles at the elite level.[6][8]
If you’d like, I can pull more details on any of these items (e.g., quotes, exact dates, or the implications for England Rugby’s women’s pathway) or summarize how her roles have evolved across Australia, England, and the Lions setup. Additionally, I can search for the most current updates or provide a timeline of her coaching career.
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Seventy-time capped England international Jo Yapp has been appointed the Head of Women’s Pathway – a br...
www.ultimaterugby.comJo Yapp was most recently director of rugby at Worcester Warriors Women, and previously head coach of England Women U20s; The former scrum-half won 70 caps for England and captained the Red Roses to the 2006 World Cup final; Yapp becomes the first full-time head coach of Australias women
www.skysports.comThe British & Irish Lions have confirmed that Jo Yapp will be head coach of their 2027 Tour of New Zealand.
www.rugbypass.comThe Pony Club is an unusual place to find elite half-backs, but if you were a rugby scout in the Midlands around the mid-1990s watching a spot of tetrathlon, you could have snapped up two: brother and sister Tony and Jo Yapp.
www.therugbyjournal.comIn the early hours of this morning Rugby Australia announced the appointment of the former Worcester Warriors’ head coach, Jo Yapp as the first ever
4theloveofsport.co.ukRugby Australia has announced that Wallaroos Head Coach Jo Yapp will return to England at the conclusion of the 2025 Rugby World Cup.
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www.newsnow.co.ukWith Australia falling to Canada 46-5 in the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup quarter-finals last weekend, Yapp has coached that national side for the final time.
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