Todd Blackadder

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Todd Blackadder
Personal information
Full name	Todd Julian Blackadder
Date of birth	September 20, 1971 (1971-09-20) (age 36)
Place of birth	Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	100 kg (15 st 10 lb)
Nickname	Toddy
School	Rangiora High School
Occupation(s)	Professional rugby union footballer Rugby coach Director of Rugby
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Lock
All Black No.	947
Clubs		Caps	(points)
2001-2004	Edinburgh Gunners	>75

Provincial/State sides
	Canterbury	128	(-)

Super Rugby
1996-2001	Crusaders	71	(-)


National team(s)
1995-2000	New Zealand	25	(15)

Coaching career
2004-2005 2008	Edinburgh Gunners (asst.) Tasman

Todd Julian Blackadder (born September 20, 1971 in Rangiora) is a former professional New Zealand rugby union player and professional rugby coach. He now serves as Director of Rugby for the Tasman Rugby Union. His nickname is "Toddy".

1 Player
2 Coach
3 Notes and references
4 External links

[edit] Player

He played for the All Blacks 25 times, including 14 as captain. He also played for the Crusaders at lock. Among his achievements as a player were captaincy of the New Zealand All Blacks, the Crusaders Super 12 team, and the Canterbury provincial team. He then continued to play professionally, in Scotland as the captain of the Edinburgh Gunners. First played for Woodend, near Rangiora which kicked off his Rugby Union career.

[edit] Coach

He was the first assistant forwards coach of Scotland's first foreign head coach Matt Williams, and became the forwards coach of the Edinburgh Gunners under Frank Hadden. He now serves as the Director of Rugby for the Tasman Rugby Union in the National Provincial Championship. He now is also part of the coaching team for the Crusaders.^[1] In October 2007 he was appointed coach of the Tasman Makos for the 2008 Air New Zealand Cup.^[2]