Nelson, himself a former productive try-scoring winger and Premiership backs coach with Sale Sharks, admitted there is still work to do to with both players.

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For the past few years he has been coach of Misrata's premiership club, Swihli.

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Last week England coach Andy Robinson called on the Premiership clubs to stick to the agreement to prevent the players suffering burn-out.

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Jones, who helped lead Sale to the Premiership title in 2006, has been forwards coach and head coach before taking up his current role in 2009.

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Edwards helped coach Wasps to the Heineken Cup and three Guinness Premiership titles when Gatland was in charge of the English powerhouses.

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Rees coached the Newport team playing in the Welsh Premiership before stepping up to regional level, and is enjoying success as the coach of the Wales Under-20 side.

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Fylde finished the 2009-10 season ninth in National League Two North but have recruited former Sale backs coach Mark Nelson, who worked with Robinson during the Sharks' Premiership-winning 2005-06 campaign.

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He also criticised the modern "power" game, exemplified by the "brutal" Guinness Premiership, and was interested to see what influence Grand Slam winning former Wales coach Mike Ruddock would have in his new job at Worcester.

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Gatland enjoyed a highly successful spell as coach after joining the English side in 2002, leading them to three consecutive Guinness Premiership titles (2003, 2004 and 2005) and the Heineken Cup in 2004.

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Burnell moves across from the head coach role at Cardiff RFC, who finished runners-up to Neath in the Welsh Premiership last season.

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