Bob Hood has
been with
Yarnbury since
1993. During his
playing days he
made over 300
appearance for a
number of
Yorkshire teams
including
Roundhay,
Headingley,
Bradford,
Bradford and
Bingley playing
at flanker. He
made the
Yorkshire Colts
squad in 1972-3
and played for
England
Colleges. He was
also a trialist
for the England
Under-23 side.
"But there were
some very good
players around
at that time,
such as Peter
Winterbottom" he
recalled, "and
it was hard to
break into the
side."
During the
British Lions
tour of 1993, he
went out to New
Zealand on a
research
mission,
catching 14
flights in as
many days. He
was also an
observer at the
Lion's training
camps. "Geoff
Cooke, the
England manager,
asked me then
what I had
learned about
the game out
there, and I
told him one
thing:
intensity. At
all levels, the
players are so
intense."
Bob's coaching
is not confined
to Yarnbury; he
is very involved
with Yorkshire
RFU.
Bob has coached
the Yorkshire
U21/U20's for
twelve seasons
reaching
Twickenham on
nine occasions
winning eight
County U21/U20
National
Championship
titles with a
playing record
of played 74,
won 69 lost 5.
In addition,
after 3 seasons
as assistant
coach Bob has
been appointed
Head Coach to
the Senior
County Side and
has been
involved in
winning three
National County
Championship
Finals at
Twickenham the
most recent
winning the Bill
Beaumont Cup in
2008. In 1999
Bob was
appointed North
England U20's
Head Coach.
Bob is an RFU
National
Assessor for
coaches and has
himself been
awarded Sport
England Coach of
the Year for the
Season 2000 and
again for 2001
for the
Yorkshire and
Humberside
Region. In 2006
Bob qualified as
a Level 4 RFU
coach and is
supporting
coaches from the
higher levels of
the game
including
Premiership.
In 2001 he was
appointed Head
Coach to the
newly formed
England Counties
XV and toured
Chile, Romania
and France. He
is heavily
involved with
the RFU as
Trainer, Tutor
and Assessor of
coaches.
