Steve Hansen
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| Date of birth | 7 May 1959 | ||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre | ||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1980–87 | Canterbury | 21 | |
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| Years | Club / team | ||
| 1996–01 1999–01 2002–04 2004–11 2012– |
Canterbury Crusaders (assistant) Wales New Zealand (assistant) New Zealand |
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Stephen William "Steve" Hansen, CNZM and High Chief Of Vaiala, (born 7 May 1959) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former rugby union player. He is currently the head coach of the All Blacks.
Hansen was born in Mosgiel, and was educated at The Taieri High School. A rugby union centre, he represented Canterbury at first-class level on 21 occasions.
Hansen began his coaching career with the Canterbury provincial rugby union team from 1996 to 2001. During his tenure the side won the National Provincial Championship in 1997 and 2001. In 1999, 2000 and 2001, he was assistant coach to Wayne Smith and then Robbie Deans for the Canterbury Crusaders.
He was the head coach of the Welsh national team, becoming the ninth Welsh coach in 13 years, after Graham Henry parted company with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) in 2002. During his first game in charge, Wales performed well but lost by 37–33 to France. This became a familiar theme during his tenure as coach. Events reached a head during 2003 when for the first time in their history Wales lost every match in the Six Nations Championship and went on to record a streak of 11 consecutive Test match defeats, broken by a defeat of rugby minnows Romania on 27 August 2003, though Hansen was not the coach for this match. Hansen resumed his role when he coached Wales during the 2003 Rugby World Cup, in which a strong display against the All Blacks and a spirited quarter final loss against England stopped the criticism of his coaching. He stepped down as Wales head coach in the summer of 2004 after not seeking to renew his contract and was succeeded by Mike Ruddock.
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