Declan Kidney
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Declan Kidney (born 20 October 1959) is a Irish rugby union coach. Kidney is the head coach at the Munster rugby union team, and will become the next Irish national rugby head coach following the summer test series.[1][2]
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[edit] Biography
Kidney trained as a mathematics teacher,[3] in which position he was appointed at Presentation Brothers College, Cork, and later became the career guidance officer. He took on the role of rugby coach at the school, where he had initial success as coach of the junior and later senior side.[4]
[edit] Professional Rugby Coach
Following his coaching of the Irish Schools team, Kidney coached the Ireland under 19's team which won the FIRA World Cup in 1998. [5] After this Tournament he joined Munster. [6]
His initial stint at Munster ended in 2002, when he left to become Ireland's assistant coach. He was replaced at Munster by Alan Gaffney.
In the summer of 2004, he became coach at Newport Gwent Dragons. However in August 2004, after only 3 months in the job, he left to join Leinster. [7] He rejoined Munster in 2005, winning the Heineken Cup in his first season back, after losing in both 2000 and 2002 in the final stage. [8][9] After this win, Kidney went on to win 2006 Philips Sports Manager of the Year award. [10] and on the 24 May 2008, won the Heineken Cup once again.
[edit] References
- ^ Declan Kidney Confirmed As New Ireland Coach. Irish Rugby (2008-05-07). Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
- ^ Ireland appoint Kidney as coach. BBC Sport (2008-05-07). Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
- ^ Ireland's coach in waiting. thisislondon.co.uk (2008-04-08). Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
- ^ The Return of the Prodigal Son. redgrouper.com (October 2005). Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
- ^ Kidney in New IRFU Role [*[1]
- ^ Munster's Heineken Cup Record [2]
- ^ Leinster land Kidney [3]
- ^ Tougher in Heineken Cup[4]
- ^ Munster Win Heineken Cup[5]
- ^ Kidney Confirmed as Manager of the year [6]
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| Preceded by Eddie O'Sullivan |
Irish national rugby coach 2008- |
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Munster Rugby coach 2005-2008 |
Succeeded by vacant |
