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Coach to coach
Steve Hill talks to Paul Westgate, below, the head of performance rugby at the University of Nottingham

How and why did you get into coaching rugby?
As a teacher I always coached rugby at school. I finished playing at Exeter in 1995 and Bob Staddon, the Exeter coach and a mentor to me at the time, suggested I go straight into coaching. So, I went from first team player to first team head coach at Exeter!
Who have you previously coached and how did you arrive in your current role?
I was head coach at Exeter for four years but when they wanted a full time coach my ro...

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