Frank Butler

Frank was born in Camborne in Cornwall. He was a stalwart for Camborne RFC, playing over 650 matches for the club in a twenty-year period, mainly as an openside flanker but occasionally as a scrum half.

He started coaching in 1976 after attaining one of the first RFU Preliminary coaching awards. From 1976 to 1986 he coached Cornwall Colts U18s and was also a head coach, assistant coach and player coach for Camborne. Frank has also coached the Cornwall Under 21 team and other representative county teams.

In 1991 he became the RFU's first Rugby Development Officer for Cornwall, with the task of helping to promote and develop the game throughout the county. In 1997 he piloted the introduction of an Academy structure in Cornwall, some of which has become the model for the existing RFU Academy structure.

In February 2002 he became the Academy Manager at Bath Rugby. Frank is married and has two sons.