Marty Veale (born 9 August 1977) is a former

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player and is assistant coach with Northland in the Bunnings NPC. He played at

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for Northland in the

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competition. He formerly coached rugby as Head Coach of

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(RNY), a member of

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(MLR) Old Blue R.F.C. in

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and the United States Military Academy at

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men's team starting in 2015.

Playing career

Veale was born in

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, and was descended from William Veale who had emigrated from Ireland and was one of a well known Waterford seafaring family. Veale enjoyed a nomad existence as a player, turning out for sides in his native New Zealand, Japan and America. Before signing for

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in February 2009, Veale had most recently spent a season with Northland in the

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. He signed a two-year deal at the end of the year to keep him at Wasps until the end of the 2010–11 season. At the conclusion of his time with Wasps, he returned to New Zealand, signing with Northland for the

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Coaching career

Following his retirement as a player, Veale signed on as head coach for Old Blue Rugby Football Club, a United States Rugby Super League team and member of the USA Rugby Union. In 2015 Veale began coaching the men's forwards at the

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at West Point, New York. He was appointed as an assistant coach for the

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under John Mitchell in 2016. During his time with the national side they won the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship and qualified for the

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as Americas 1. He left his position in June 2017. Veale then joined the

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as scrum coach for the

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. He left the Sunwolves following the conclusion of the season and consulted for the

Munakata Sanix Blues , formerly ''Fukuoka Sanix Blues'' and ''Fukuoka Sanix Bombs'', was a Japanese rugby union team based in Munakata, Fukuoka, Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Founded in April 1994 (Heisei 6), the team rose rapidly through the Kyūshū leagues a ...

in Japan. He was appointed as forwards coach for

in November 2019. Veale was then named as head coach for the 2021 season following the departure of Greg McWilliams. He led Rugby New York to their first MLR Championship during the 2022 season.

References

External links

Wasps profile

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