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Wales Head Coach

Steve Tandy

Role: Head Coach
Team: Wales
Nationality: Welsh
Age: 46
In charge since: Sep 2025
Tests: 13
Record W-D-L: 4-0-9
Win rate: 30.8%

Record in our match database since Nov 2025

as of 18 Jul 2026

13 Tests
4 Won
0 Drawn
9 Lost
30.8% Win rate

Steve Tandy has overseen 13 completed Wales matches in our database since November 2025 — 4 won, 0 drawn, 9 lost. That is a 30.8% win rate, with 261 points scored and 505 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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Steve Tandy, record by competition in our match database
Competition	P	W	L	Win %	PF	PA
Tests · Wales All Tests	13	4	9	30.8%	261	505
Int. Friendly Games Nov 2025 – Jun 2026	5	2	3	40.0%	111	231
Six Nations Feb 2026 – Mar 2026	5	1	4	20.0%	90	172
Nations Championship Jul 2026	3	1	2	33.3%	60	102

Last five Tests

Every Test in our database

13 tests

Int. Friendly Games 5P · 2W · 0D · 3L

Six Nations 5P · 1W · 0D · 4L

Nations Championship 3P · 1W · 0D · 2L

Career

Wales Head Coach 2025– 13 tests in our data
Scotland Defence Coach 2019–25
Ospreys Head Coach 2012–18

Honours

Pro12 (Ospreys) 2012

About Steve Tandy

Steve Tandy is the head coach of Wales, appointed in 2025 after building his reputation as the defence coach of Scotland and the British & Irish Lions.

Steve Tandy is the head coach of Wales, appointed in July 2025 as successor to Warren Gatland and confirmed as the standout candidate by the WRU. He took charge from the start of the 2025–26 season.

Born in Tonmawr in January 1980, he was an openside flanker for Neath and then the Ospreys, making 102 regional appearances. He was never capped by Wales, which he has described as his one regret as a player.

From Ospreys to Edinburgh and back

He moved into coaching young, becoming Ospreys head coach in 2012 at 32 and winning the Pro12 in his first season. He left in 2018, spent a season with the Waratahs, then became Scotland’s defence coach under Gregor Townsend in 2019 — the role that rebuilt his reputation. Scotland’s defensive numbers improved sharply under him, and he was defence coach for the British & Irish Lions on the 2021 tour of South Africa.

The job

He inherits a Wales side at its lowest ebb in the professional era, coming off a record run of Test defeats and a bottom-place Six Nations finish. His brief is a rebuild rather than a quick fix, and his defensive specialism is expected to be the first thing to change. His first Six Nations in charge was in 2026.

As a player Openside flanker for Neath and then the Ospreys, making 102 regional appearances. Never capped by Wales, something he has called his one career regret.