The appointment of Defence Coach Cross follows his time as a consultant with the region, which he combined with a role as head of rugby at Royal Grammar School Worcester, a post he has now left. Cross was part of the Scotland Under-20 set-up in 2012/13 as defence coach and involved with Glasgow Warriors during Scotland’s autumn and Six Nations internationals in 2012, before joining Worcester Warriors for five seasons.
Forwards Coach Narraway, who headed up the Dragons coaching set-up for the Celtic Cup campaign, has also joined Dean Ryan’s first team backroom staff full-time. The former Gloucester flanker has previously guiding Coventry to the National League One title as a player-coach before a move to Bordeaux-Begles.
“Both Simon and Luke are talented coaches who made big impressions when they worked with the squad this season,” said the Director of Dragons Rugby Dean Ryan.
“They’ve now joined us on a full-time basis as we continue to invest in our coaching environment to get the very best out of our playing squad.”
The appointments are latest additions to the coaching staff following confirmation that Mefin Davies will link-up with the region next season and the appointment of Dan Baugh to a Strength & Conditioning role.
