Robbie Deans

Robbie Deans

Player information
Full name	Robert Maxwell Deans
birthday	4th September 1959
place of birth	Cheviot , Canterbury , New Zealand
society
society	Career ended
position	Goalkeeper
Clubs as active
Years	society	Games (points)
1979-1990 1983-1984	Canterbury FC Grenoble	146 (1641)
National team
Years	National team	Games (points)
1983-1985	New Zealand	5 (50)
Coaching stations
Years	Association / Province / Franchise
1997–2000 2000–2008 2001–2003 2008-	Canterbury Crusaders New Zealand (Assistant) Australia

Robert Maxwell "Robbie" Deans (born September 4, 1959 in Cheviot , Canterbury ) is a former New Zealand rugby union player and current coach of the Australian national team . As a coach, he led the New Zealand team Crusaders to five championships in the international Super 14 tournament .

Player career

Deans began his playing career in 1979 with the Canterbury Provincial Association . He played as the goalkeeper and was responsible for the kicks. In 146 games he scored a total of 1641 points. He played 18 times for the All Blacks, including five official internationals. The first of these five missions was on November 12, 1983 against Scotland , the last followed on August 18, 1984 in the game for the Bledisloe Cup against Australia . At the end of 1983 he joined the French club FC Grenoble for five months . He ended his playing career in 1990.

Coaching career

Dean's first hiring as a coach began in 1997 with his Canterbury Provincial Association. In the first year he won the National Provincial Championship with this team . Among other things, the first victory over Auckland was achieved in 14 years this season . In the years that followed, he assisted Wayne Smith in running the Super 14 Crusaders franchise. In 2000 he took over the leadership of the team after which Smith was appointed New Zealand's new national coach.

Deans was an assistant coach for the New Zealand national team between 2001 and 2003. During this time, the All Blacks won the Tri Nations twice . In 2002 he had a perfect season with the Crusaders. The team won all 11 regular season games as well as the semi-finals and the final. After two seasons without a title, he led the Crusaders to three more titles before announcing the end of his engagement in 2008. With five championships won, he is the most successful coach in super rugby.

Deans was seen after the end of his contract with the Crusaders as a contender for the coaching post of the national team, which had previously been eliminated in the quarterfinals of the World Cup . However, the New Zealand Association extended with the current coach Graham Henry . Deans then decided to work in Australia. He led the "Wallabies" to victories over Ireland and France as well as three victories and second place in the 2008 Tri Nations .

successes

as a player

• five international matches
• National Provincial Championship : Winner 1983
• Top scorer in the Canterbury region with 1641 points

as a trainer

• Super 14 : Masters 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008
• National Provincial Championship : Winner 1997

Private life

Deans has three children with his wife Penny, a French teacher. His great-uncle Bob and his brother Ian Bruce both played for the New Zealand national team. His father Tony was a cricketer .

Web links

• All blacks profile

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Robbie Deans' French connection. The Australian, June 17, 2008, accessed June 14, 2009 . 
2. ^ Marc Hinton : Deans is the new Wallabies coach . Rugby Haven , December 14, 2007; archived from the original on December 4, 2008 ; accessed on September 9, 2014 .  
3. ^ Robbie all set to boot it. New Zealand Press Association, May 29, 2008, accessed June 14, 2009 .