In July 2011, former
Ireland international
Kieron Dawson was appointed
head coach of Worthing Rugby Football Club, succeeding Will Green. Lock forward
Charlie McGowan made an appearance for the
Barbarians against the Combined Services at Plymouth in the annual Remembrance match in November 2013. He was also selected for the
England Counties squad for their match against a Scotland Club XV at
Fylde’s Woodlands Memorial Ground on 27 February 2015. Hooker
Matt Miles (ex Raiders captain) had previously played for
Northampton Saints and
Ulster before joining Worthing RFC. For the 2016/17 season, former Worthing RFC 1st XV coach and former director of rugby at Cornish Pirates Ian Davies rejoined the Raiders as director of rugby with former Raiders wing Ben Coulson and former Raiders captain Jody Levett on the coaching staff. In 2020 Rene Draude took up the role of director of rugby with former Harlequins centre Jordan Turner-Hall as head coach; they took the team to two consecutive fourth placed finishes in the league. Former player
Matthew McLean retired at the end of the 2022/23 season, having played 308 games for the club and amassed 3,038 points (a National League 2 record) including 173 tries during his playing career with the Raiders. For the 2023/24 season, Fred Pierrepoint took on the position of head coach, assisted by Luke Wallace and current players Frank Taggart (forwards) and Tom Bowen (backs). A difficult season for Worthing due to retirements, long-term injuries, suspensions and unavailability meant that Worthing struggled for much of the time but eventually secured their place in National League 2 East finishing in 12th place. The same coaching team were in charge for the 2024/25 season, a season plagued by a combination of several key players moving on to other clubs before the start of the season, a dreadful injury list and frequent unavailabilities which meant that Worthing were unable to ever field a settled side. After losing 8 games by less than 10 points, relegation was confirmed with 2 games of the season remaining. That meant after eighteen years competing in the National Leagues, Worthing Raiders will start the 2025/26 season in Regional League 1 South Central. Following relegation from National League East a new coaching team is in place with Ben Coulson as head coach, assisted by Jack Emmerson as forwards coach with Tom Bowen in charge of the backs. ==References==