Gary Street is an English

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

coach. He coached the England women's national team from 2007 and soon left his role after England won the Women's Rugby World Cup in 2014.

Career

Playing career

Street played as a scrum-half for Aston Old Edwardians, Greater Birmingham (over a 20-year period) and North Midlands.

Coaching career

Street, alongside Nigel Redman, were the pilot coaches for the RFU Academy programme designed by David Shaw in 2000. 8 of the 15 players became full internationals and 5 became World Cup Winners 14 years later. He was an assistant coach to Geoff Richards in 2006. winning his first Six Nations Grand Slam, before taking over as head coach a year later. He coached them to the final of the

2010 Women's Rugby World Cup The 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup was the sixth edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup and was held in England. The International Rugby Board Executive Committee selected the host union following a recommendation from the Rugby World Cup Limite ...

losing to the

Black Ferns The New Zealand women's rugby union team, called the Black Ferns, represents New Zealand in women's international rugby union, which is regarded as the country's national sport. The team has won six out of nine Women's Rugby World Cup tournamen ...

in the final. Under his tutelage they won five Six Nations's in a row, 4 Nations Cup and 4 European Cups. England Women won the 2014 women's World Cup 21-9 against Canada. The assistant coaches were Graham Smith and Simon Middleton. He is currently the most successful English rugby coach in history. Gary was UK overall and High Performance coach of the year 2014. He was awarded Pride of Sport coach of the year and nominated in BBC SPOTY coach of the year. England women's team were awarded Team of the Year. The squad and staff were given Freedom of the Borough of Rugby. He is currently Head Coach at Oxford University Women's rugby team with their first ever Twickenham varsity in December 2015 and is now also working for Harlequins RFC . In December 2016, Oxford beat Cambridge 3-0 in the Varsity game at Twickenham and became a Head Coach winner in both Dark Blue and Light Blue, having led Cambridge to victory in 2001. In 2016/2017, Gary became joint Head Coach with Karen Findlay for

Aylesford Bulls Ladies Aylesford Bulls Ladies Rugby Football Club were a women's rugby union club based in Aylesford, Kent, England. They played in the Women's Premiership. They were founded in 1998 and were the ladies team of Aylesford Bulls. Following an agreement wi ...

. In their first season they completed the Premiership and Cup double. For the season 2017/2018 they are playing under the Harlequins banner in the inaugural Tyrrells Women's Premier 15s. Incorporated into his role is Academy Coach Development Officer for Harlequins working with coaches in the developing player programme.

References

6.http://www.thevarsitymatch.com/news/emotional-street-reflects-dark-blue-victory/ 7.http://www.quins.co.uk/news/harlequins-ladies-history-in-the-making 8.https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/rugby/harlequins-ladies-offered-place-in-the-newly-formed-women-s-super-rugby-competition-a3478471.html

External links

RFU Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Street, Gary 1967 births Living people English rugby union coaches English rugby union players Coaches of international rugby union teams Rugby union players from Birmingham, West Midlands