Dan McFarland
| Full name | Daniel Joseph McFarland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 April 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Oxfordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (18 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Ampleforth College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Newcastle University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dan McFarland (born 10 April 1972 in Oxfordshire, England) is an English rugby union coach working in Scotland. He is now the assistant coach of the Scotland national team.[1] He was formerly an assistant coach of Glasgow Warriors.[2]
Rugby Union career
Playing career
McFarland started his playing career in Rugby Union as a Loosehead Prop at Richmond Rugby Club as the club turned professional in 1996. Richmond suffered financial troubles in 1999 - the club went back to its amateur status in 2000 - and McFarland left Richmond in 1999 for France.
In season 1999-2000 he played for Stade Français and they clinched the French Top 14 championship that year.
From 2000-2006 he played for Connacht amassing more than 100 caps for the province.
Coaching career
He became the Forwards Coach of Connacht [3] from 2006; becoming their Assistant Coach from 2010.
In 2007 he worked under the Ireland Under-20s Head Coach Eric Elwood to help coach the side to the Under 20s Six Nations championship. He was later to help coach the Emerging Ireland side[4]
McFarland took over from Shade Munro as assistant coach at Glasgow Warriors in 2015, shortly after the club won the Pro12 for the first time.[5]
In May 2017, it was announced that McFarland would be joining Gregor Townsend in moving to the Scotland national team. McFarland would be Assistant Coach.[1]
External links
References
- 1 2 "Dan McFarland - Scottish Rugby Union". www.scottishrugby.org.
- ↑ http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/content/dan-mcfarland Glasgow Warriors profile
- ↑ "Dan McFarland agrees to join Glasgow Warriors". scotsman.com.
- ↑ Gordon Parks (13 April 2015). "Glasgow Warriors: Forwards coach Dan McFarland to join squad from rivals Connacht". dailyrecord.
- ↑ "BBC Sport - Glasgow: Coach Dan McFarland to switch from Connacht". BBC Sport.