Steamers Assistant Coach and Bay of Plenty Rugby Union Coach Development Officer John Walters is leaving Bay rugby.

Steamers Assistant Coach and Bay of Plenty Rugby Union Coach Development Officer John Walters.

John has been appointed as the Waikato Assistant Coach and returns to the Union that he represented at NPC level from 1991 to 1996.

The Bay of Plenty Union CEO Mike Rogers wishes John well in his new position and will be seeking to fill the Coach Development Officer and Steamers Assistant Coaches roles by early in the New Year.