Ex-Wales back row Thomas becomes Swansea head coach
The 42-year-old played 67 times for Wales and won Six Nations Grand Slams in 2005 and 2008, as well as playing in two World Cups.
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Thomas started his playing career at Swansea before joining Ospreys, playing 188 times and scoring 14 tries for the Welsh region.
He then joined Worcester in May 2013 but he retired from playing in 2015 on medical advice after being diagnosed with epilepsy.
Thomas began his coaching career with Bristol in charge of defence and the forwards, before becoming head coach of former English Premiership side Worcester.
He left the Warriors in January 2022 and joined Championship side Ealing Trailfinders as a forwards consultant in September that year, before joining the Wales set-up as contact area coach - leaving that role in December 2023.
Swansea begin their 2025-26 Super Rygbi Cymru campaign away to Pontypool on 13 September.
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