Career
Diamond played for his local club Trafford Move Files before joining Sale Sharks as a player in 1989. He played over 350 top class games for Sale and became a coach of the Sharks in 2001 with former team-mate Jim Mallinder. Diamond then left Sale and began coaching England Saxons for the 2002 and 2003 Churchill Cups again alongside Jim Mallinder.
In 2007 he teamed up again with Jim Mallinder to head up Northampton Saints recruitment process before accepting the Director of Rugby role for the Russian National Team.
In 2010, under Diamond"s leadership, Russia qualified for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. Diamond returned to Sale Sharks in January 2011 as Director of Sport before taking over as Director of Rugby in 2012.
