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George Skivington

Role: Head Coach
Team: Gloucester Rugby
Nationality: English
Age: 43
In charge since: Mar 2026
Matches: 13
Record W-D-L: 7-0-6
Win rate: 53.8%

Record in our match database since Mar 2026

as of 9 Oct 2026

13 Matches
7 Won
0 Drawn
6 Lost
53.8% Win rate

George Skivington has overseen 13 completed Gloucester Rugby matches in our database since March 2026 — 7 won, 0 drawn, 6 lost. That is a 53.8% win rate, with 417 points scored and 372 conceded.

Records are computed from the WeTalkRugby match database and cover matches we hold data for within this tenure. They are not an official all-time record.

Record by competition

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George Skivington, record by competition in our match database
Competition	P	W	L	Win %	PF	PA
All matches · Gloucester Rugby All competitions	13	7	6	53.8%	417	372
Premiership Mar 2026 – Oct 2026	11	6	5	54.5%	334	303
Premiership Rugby Cup Sep 2026	2	1	1	not available	83	69

Last five matches

Every match in our database

13 matches

Premiership 11P · 6W · 0D · 5L

Premiership Rugby Cup 2P · 1W · 0D · 1L

Career

Gloucester Rugby Head Coach 2020– 13 matches in our data

Honours

Premiership Rugby Cup (Gloucester) 2024

About George Skivington

George Skivington is the head coach of Gloucester Rugby, a set-piece specialist who won the club’s first trophy in nine years and reverted to head coach in 2026.

George Skivington is the head coach of Gloucester Rugby. He has been at Kingsholm since July 2020 and held the Director of Rugby title from September 2023, before reverting to head coach on 1 March 2026 when Chris Boyd arrived as Technical Director and Rob Burgess as General Manager for Rugby.

The change was one he had pushed for publicly, having said the Director of Rugby duties were pulling him away from hands-on coaching.

Born in Warrington in December 1982, he was a lock for London Wasps, Leicester Tigers and London Irish, where he was club captain. He was capped by England Saxons and called into the 2011 Six Nations squad as injury cover but never won a full cap, retiring in 2016 with a shoulder injury.

Coaching

He was an assistant at Ealing Trailfinders during their National 1 promotion, worked with Samoa at the 2015 World Cup, and was forwards coach at London Irish from 2016 to 2020. He has also been England A head coach since January 2024.

Style, and the streakiness

A forwards and set-piece coach at heart — maul, lineout drive and physical confrontation — and a heavy backer of academy graduates. His Gloucester have been genuinely streaky: they own the worst losing run in Premiership history, nine straight in 2023–24, and in the same period won the club’s first trophy in nine years, the 2024 Premiership Rugby Cup.

As a player Lock. London Wasps, Leicester Tigers and London Irish, where he was club captain. Capped by England Saxons but never at full international level, retiring in 2016 with a shoulder injury.