Euan Mackintosh is a rugby sevens coach. He is the Skills Coach/Assistant Coach for the New Zealand All Blacks Sevens. He was the Head Coach of the Chinese women's national sevens team.

Biography

Mackintosh first played rugby at Highland Rugby Club and was on the team at university in

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where he was studying

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. He played rugby in

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before going to

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in 2008. He then played for a semi professional rugby club in

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. He began his coaching career at

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. Mackintosh moved to New Zealand, where he coached at Tauranga Sports Rugby Club in Bay of Plenty. He coached in their Sevens Programme and helped the Under-19s to a national championship. Mackintosh was appointed as Head Coach of China's women's national rugby sevens team in 2020 and helped them qualify for their first

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. They finished in seventh place.

References

Living people Olympic coaches for Great Britain China national rugby sevens team coaches Scottish rugby union coaches 1985 births {{Scotland-rugbyunion-bio-stub