Bath Rugby His family having moved to Cornwall when he was four years old, Haag was educated at St Ives School and
Penwith Sixth Form College and represented England Schools and Cornwall before joining
Bath Rugby in 1987. He established a first team place during the 1990–91 Courage League season, capturing the Bath 'Player of the Year' award at the end of the season. Throughout his career, he achieved a reputation as a Sevens star, playing in Bath's victorious Sevens squad which won the Save & Prosper and the Welsh Snelling Sevens, as well as in Malaysia and elsewhere. Haag won an England B cap against Spain and Ireland B in 1992, and was then selected for the New Zealand tour, winning his third B cap in the second test. A fast player about the field, he was selected for the England 'A's' in 1995/96 and in 1997 for
England's
tour of Argentina. He made his 300th appearance for
Bath Rugby in the 35–19
Heineken Cup victory over
Castres Olympique on 13 January 2001, celebrating the occasion with a try, his 27th for the club. In 2005 he agreed a three-year extension to his contract.
Return to Bath, the RFU and back to Bath again After leaving Bristol in 2007 he was assistant coach to the England Under 18 side that toured Australia before returning to
Bath Rugby in September 2007 and taking up the post of Academy Forwards Coach. In June 2008 Haag left
Bath Rugby to join the
Rugby Football Union (RFU) and take up a position as a National Academy Coach. The role saw him involved with the coaching of the
England U20 team. In June 2009 he returned to
Bath Rugby when he succeeded Mark Bakewell as forwards coach to the senior team. Haag left Bath when his contract expired at the end of the 2011–2012 season.
Nottingham In July 2012 he became head coach at
RFU Championship side
Nottingham. The team finished second in the
2012–13 RFU Championship in his first season at the club. He held this position until his appointment as the head coach of the
RFU's Under 20s team in 2016.
World Rugby Under 20 Championship 2016 Haag was the head coach of the England team that won the 2016
World Rugby Under 20 Championship hosted in England. The team defeated Ireland in the final. == References ==