Sean Lineen

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Sean Lineen (born 25 December 1961) is a Scottish rugby player, originally from New Zealand. He has been awarded the freedom of the city of Edinburgh. Current Scottish U20s head coach.

Early life

Lineen was born on 25 December 1961, in Auckland. He is the son of rugby player Terry Lineen.

Player

Lineen played at centre 29 times for Scotland, and for Boroughmuir RFC. He was a member of the notable Scottish Grand Slam team of 1990.

In the 1985/6 season he made his first journey to the UK, playing for Pontypool. In October 1988 he came to Scotland and played for Boroughmuir. He qualified for Scotland through his grandfather and made his international debut on 21 January 1989 against Wales at Murrayfield aged 27.

Coach

Following his international career, Lineen divided his time between coaching Boroughmuir – during which he was involved in both cup and league triumphs – and running the Scottish Rugby magazine. Lineen was appointed assistant coach at Glasgow Rugby (now Glasgow Warriors) for the start of the 2003–04 season and became a member of the Scotland national coaching team under Frank Hadden in the summer of 2005, coaching the backs.

On 28 March 2006 he was appointed head coach of Glasgow Warriors. He had applied to be head coach of Edinburgh Gunners but the SRU insisted that the new coach of Edinburgh must already have experience as head coach.

Kilted Kiwis

Other so-called "kilted Kiwis" apart from Sean Lineen have included:

Brendan Laney
John Leslie
Martin Leslie
Glenn Metcalfe
Gordon Simpson
Cameron Mather
Shaun Longstaff
Sean Maitland

External links

Glasgow Warriors announce new head coach – Scottish Rugby Union official page, 28 March 2006
Lineen is the logical successor after Williams debacle – The Scotsman, 27 March 2005
Sean Lineen on Sporting Heroes

v t e Glasgow Warriors squad

Forwards	Brown Cusack Eddie Fusaro Gillies Grant Gray Hall Harley Holmes Kalman Kellock Low MacArthur Nakarawa Reid Ryder Strauss Swinson Vernon Welsh Wilson Yanuyanutawa

Backs	Ascárate Bennett Cusiter Dunbar Hogg Horne Jackson Lamont Maitland Matawalu McGuigan Murchie Pyrgos Seymour van der Merwe Weir Wight

Coach	Townsend

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Name	Lineen, Sean
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Short description	Scottish rugby union player
Date of birth	25 December 1961
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