Leigh Halfpenny has joined the Wales management team for the Nations Championship as kicking coach.
The former full-back retired at the end of the 2025-26 season and has linked up with Steve Tandy's squad for summer Tests against Fiji, Argentina and South Africa.
Halfpenny worked with Wales last summer on their two-Test tour of Japan as skills coach with responsibility for kicking.
He says that he thoroughly enjoyed his experience in Japan last year and is looking forward to getting to work with the group and continuing his development as a coach over the next few weeks.
Rhys Patchell carried out the role in the autumn and Six Nations on a part-time basis, but has since left Dragons for Benetton.
The Flying Fijians take on Wales at 1.10am Sunday.
In other matches this weekend, New Zealand will play France at 7.10pm Saturday in Christchurch and Australia takes on Ireland at 10.10pm, while South Africa will face England at 3.40am Sunday with Argentina playing Scotland at 7.10am.
Source: bbc.com
