Tim Burton, head of operations for the Welsh Rugby Union, responsible for recruitment, is an ex-Army officer with 12 years’ experience. He undertook various roles from platoon commander to finally being responsible for education and training, but left the Army in 1995 when he decided to marry and settle. According to Burton, the transition to his first civilian role as a consultant was seamless,  he had spent much of his work...

OK, so now I am leaving the Armed Forces, I am stood on the street with my bags, the barrack gates have closed behind me, the event that has taken a year to prepare for has just finished in half a day of whirlwind activity. Hand in all your kit with the quartermaster’s department, fill in all the final bits and pieces of paperwork, a few final farewell’s and off you go. Only problem now is the job that I thought I was...