The Wharton weblog:

IRFU: The Irish Rugby Football Union have commissioned Wharton's Neil Tunnicliffe to support their Domestic Game Committee in reshaping the way that the development of the game is delivered and monitored at provincial level. Neil will work with Domestic Game Manager Scott Walker over the next 12 months to deliver a new service-level agreement between the IRFU and the four provincial branches, and to construct a process through which the outputs of those SLAs can be monitored and measured. He will also support the DGC in reviewing the staffing structure which is operational on the ground in the provinces, making appropriate changes to that structure, and managing the process of change.

ARCHERY: Following British archers' disappointing performances in the Beijing Olympic Games, and the subsequent public criticisms made the archers themselves, Wharton's Neil Tunnicliffe has been commissioned to give independent guidance to the Archery GB post-Olympic debrief. Working with the organisation's performance staff, and in partnership with Performance1 Ltd's Jonathan Males, Neil will attempt to identify the key issues behind the Beijing performance, and to help forge a plan to address these. At the same time, the debrief will also look at the success of the Paralympic archers, and seek to identify what worked well for them, so that their levels of performance can be maintained and enhanced over the next four years.