David Wessels’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro South African rugby union coach
Is Sports coach 
Rugby union coach 
From South Africa 
Type Sports 
Gender male
Birth 1982, Cape Town, City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Age: 38 years

David Wessels (born 1982), is a professional rugby union football coach. He is currently the head coach of the Melbourne Rebels team that plays in the Super Rugby competition. He was previously head coach at the Western Force, and co-head coach of the Perth Spirit in Australia’s National Rugby Championship. South African born, Wessels is a naturalised Australian citizen.

Wessels was born in Cape Town, South Africa, he then moved to Johannesburg where he attended St Stithians College before enrolling at Cape Town University. He was a defensive consultant to the Super Rugby team the Stormers in 2008 and 2009, before being appointed as an assistant coach at UCT (Ikeys) in the Varsity Cup from 2009 to 2011.

He moved to Australia as a defensive consultant to the Brumbies under head coach Jake White in 2012, and had a significant influence on the rejuvenated Brumbies with the team conceding the fewest points in the Australian Conference and the second least in the Super Rugby competition. He joined the Western Force as the senior assistant coach for the 2013 Super Rugby season. Wessels was appointed, alongside Kevin Foote, as co-head coach of the Perth Spirit for the inaugural season of Australia’s National Rugby Championship in 2014.

Wessels became the caretaker head coach of the Western Force for the last three games of 2016, before being appointed as Head Coach for the 2017 Super Rugby season.

Following the Australian Rugby Union’s decision to exclude the Force from Super Rugby after the 2017 season, Wessels joined the Melbourne Rebels as head coach in September 2017, signing a two-year deal with the team.

You May Also Like

Kathleen Madigan’s net worth, biography, fact, career, awards and life story

Kathleen Madigan net worth: Kathleen Madigan is an American comedian and television personality who has a net worth of $1.5 million. Kathleen Madigan was born in Florissant, Missouri in September 1965. In school she was the shortest person to ever win the Mid-Missouri Hoops Shoot Championship in basketball. She graduated from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and was in charge of the student newspaper. She worked in print journalism and did open mic nights. Madigan has appeared on the TV series Last Comic Standing, Celebrity Poker Showdown, Comedy Central Presents, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and The Bob and Tom Show. Madigan also hosts the show Blue Collar Comedy on Sirius XM Radio. She won Funniest Female Stand-Up Comic at the American Comedy Awards in 1996. She has released four CDs and three DVDs. Madigan appeared on two seasons of the series Last Comic Standing and also worked as a talent scout for the show.
Read More