Warren Gatland
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| Player information | ||
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| Full name | Warren David Gatland | |
| birthday | 17th September 1963 | |
| place of birth | Hamilton , New Zealand | |
| society | ||
| society | Career ended | |
| position | hooker | |
| Clubs as active | ||
| Years | society | Games (points) |
| 1986-1994 | Waikato | 140 |
| National team | ||
| Years | National team | Games (points) |
| 1988-1994 | New Zealand | 0 (0) |
| Coaching stations | ||
| Years | Association / Province / Franchise | |
| 1989–1994 1994–1996 1996–1998 1998–2001 2002–2005 2005–2007 2007- |
Galwegians RFC Thames Valley Connacht Rugby Ireland London Wasps Waikato Wales |
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Warren David Gatland (born September 17, 1963 in Hamilton ) is a former New Zealand rugby union player and current coach of the Welsh national team .
Player career
Gatland played for numerous school selections as a youngster, back then as number eight . In 1985 he was accepted into the Waikato reserve team and played as a hooker from then on . A year later he made his first team debut. In 1988 he took over the captaincy. He ran 140 times for the New Zealand region, a record at the time. During his time at Waikato, the team managed to beat Wales and the British and Irish Lions, among others .
In 1988 he was appointed to the All Blacks squad for the first time. He made his debut against Western Australia. He was used 17 times in total, but he was granted an official test match.
Coaching career
Before the end of his playing career, Gatland took up his first coaching post. After the New Zealanders tour to Ireland, he was hired by the Galwegians RFC . He brought the club to the second division of the All-Ireland League . After quitting active rugby as a player, he went to Thames Valley Rugby Football Union and won the third division of the National Provincial Championships with the team in 1995 . He then moved back to Ireland to the Connacht Province , which he led into the quarter-finals of the European Challenge Cup .
He succeeded Brian Ashton as Ireland coach in 1998 . He stayed in this position until 2001 when he was replaced by his assistant Eddie O'Sullivan . Under Gatland, the Irish had climbed two places in the IRB world rankings and finished second in the Six Nations once . But there was also the disappointing elimination in the intermediate round of the 1999 World Cup .
After his contract was not renewed, he moved to the London Wasps , which at the time were at the bottom of the Guinness Premiership . Initially, he was one of the assistants to Nigel Melville , but he moved to Gloucester in 2002 . With the assumption of office by Gatland, the Wasps developed into one of the dominant clubs in Europe. From 2003 to 2005 they became English champions three times in a row. Added to this are the victories in the European Challenge Cup 2003 and the Heineken Cup 2004.
Following his successful time with the Wasps, Gatland went back to New Zealand and worked for his home association Waikato. In the second year of his tenure, the team managed to win the Air New Zealand Cup . He also worked as a consultant for the Super 14 franchise Chiefs .
In the run-up to the Six Nations in 2008 , he took over the office of national coach for the Welsh people. The first game under him was against England and ended with the first away win in 20 years. With wins against Scotland and Ireland , the triple crown was won . After defeating Italy and France , Wales won the tenth Grand Slam in history, exactly 100 years after the first.
Gatland will serve as Ian McGeechan's assistant coach on the upcoming British and Irish Lions tour in June 2009, looking after the selection team's strikers.
successes
as a player
- National Provincial Championship : Winner 1992
- 17 games for the All Blacks
as a trainer
- Six Nations : Grand Slam 2008
- Heineken Cup : Winner 2004
- European Challenge Cup : Winner 2003
- Guinness Premiership : Winner 2003, 2004, 2005
- Air New Zealand Cup : Winner 2006
Web links
- Warren Gatland . Welsh Rugby UnionArchived from the original onNovember 13, 2008; accessed on September 21, 2014(English, original website no longer available).
- All blacks profile
Individual evidence
- ↑ Independent.ie: IRFU turns to the West as Gatland takes over hot-seat
- ↑ BBC: Gatland unveiled as Wales coach
- ^ Wales shock England . RBS6Nations , February 2, 2008, archived from the original on April 15, 2012 ; accessed on April 25, 2018 (English, original website no longer available).
- ↑ BBC: Gatland accepts Lions appointment
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gatland, Warren |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gatland, Warren David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand rugby player and coach of the Welsh national team |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th September 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamilton , New Zealand |