Wayne Pivac

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Wayne Pivac is a professional rugby union coach. He is a former Northland and Auckland coach, and also a former policeman. Pivac coached Northland to NPC Second Division success in 1997 and earned them promotion to First Division the following year. Pivac coached Auckland to win the National Provincial Championship back to back in 2002 and 2003.[1] He was then hired by the Fiji Rugby Union in February 2004 to replace former coach Mac McCallion.[2] On 19 January Pivac quit Fiji Rugby as the Head coach citing family commitments.[2] Following his move from Fiji, Pivac was appointed coach of North Harbour in January 2007.[3]

[edit] Personal life

Pivac is married with two children named Matthew and Bradley.

He has a Croatian background. His family came from Podgora (Dalmatia).

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Pivac to coach Fiji at World Cup", bbc.co.uk, 2006-08-15. Retrieved on 2007-01-19. 
  2. ^ a b "Pivac quits to rejoin family", Fiji Times, 2007-01-19. Retrieved on 2007-01-19. 
  3. ^ "North Harbour sign Pivac as coach", NZPA, 2007-01-24. Retrieved on 2007-01-24. 


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