Nick Mallett

Nick Mallett

Player information
Full name	Nicholas Vivian Howard Mallett
birthday	October 30, 1956
place of birth	Haileybury , Hertfordshire , England
society
society	Career ended
position	Number eight
Clubs as active
Years	society	Games (points)
1977 1979–1980 1980–1985 1985 1985–1990 1990–1992	Western Province Oxford University Western Province Rugby Rovigo Football Club de Saint-Claude Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt
National team
Years	National team	Games (points)
1984	South Africa	2 (4)
Coaching stations
Years	Association / Province / Franchise
1985–1990 1990–1993 1994–1995 1995–1996 1996–1997 1997–2000 2000–2004 2004–2007 2007–	Football Club de Saint-Claude Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt False Bay Rugby Club Boland Cavaliers South Africa (Assistant) South Africa Stade Français Western Province (Director of Rugby) Italy

Nicholas Vivian Howard "Nick" Mallett (born October 30, 1956 in Haileybury , Hertfordshire , England ) is a former South African rugby union player and current coach of the Italian national team .

Life

Mallett began his playing career while studying at the University of Cape Town . He was named to the Western Province's Currie Cup team and played for the selection for a year. In 1979 he moved to Oxford University , where he played rugby and cricket for the university team. After a year he went back to South Africa and was again active for the Western Province. He managed to win the Currie Cup four times in a row with the team. In 1984 he was rewarded for this with two appearances in the South African national team .

Mallet's coaching career began with an engagement at the Football Club de Saint-Claude in France, for which he was also active as a player. He went to the Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt in 1990 and was a coach there for three years. In 1994 he returned to South Africa and took over the coaching position at False Bay Rugby Club. He was then hired by the Boland Cavaliers , with whom he reached the quarterfinals of the Currie Cup. After two seasons with Boland, he was appointed assistant coach of the national team. After a year as an assistant, he took over the management of the national selection. The Springboks had previously lost to the British and Irish Lions and performed poorly at the Tri Nations . As head coach, however, he quickly led the team back to the top of the world. The Springboks managed to win 17 games in a row. Among other things, the victory at the Tri Nations in 1998 falls during this time. At the 1999 World Cup , however, the national team could not build on their successes. A dispute with Captain Gary Teichmann and the association led to his resignation in 2000.

Mallett moved again from South Africa to France, where he took over the coaching position at Stade Français after retiring as national coach . In 2003 and 2004 the club won the French championship. After these successes he was hired again by the Western Province, this time not as a coach, but as Director of Rugby. In 2007 he took over the management of the Italian national team. His first tournament was the Six Nations 2008 , in which Italy beat Scotland and lost all other four games. In December 2009 he took over the leadership of the Barbarians and led them to a victory over New Zealand .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nick Mallett shows Barbarians how to win by playing positive rugby. Daily Telegraph, December 7, 2009, accessed December 16, 2009 . 

Web links

• National team statistics