Simon Cron is an Australian professional
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 it ...
football coach. He is currently the head coach of the team that plays in the
Super Rugby competition. He was appointed Force coach ahead of the
2023 Super Rugby Pacific season
The 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season (known as Harvey Norman Super Rugby Pacific in Australia, Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific in Fiji and DHL Super Rugby Pacific in New Zealand) is the 28th season of Super Rugby, an annual rugby union competition ...
in March 2022. Cron coached the
Sydney Rays and the
Australia U20s in his early coaching years, while also coaching
Northern Suburbs. After a spell as assistant coach, Cron moved to Japan to coach
Toyota Verblitz
Toyota Verblitz is a Japanese rugby union team in the Japan Rugby League One. Verblitz is a portmanteau of ''verde'' (Spanish and Portuguese for 'green') and ''blitz'' (German for 'lightning'). The team is owned by Toyota Motor Corporation and is ...
., before returning to Australia to coach the Force.
References
External links
LinkedIn profile
Living people
Australian rugby union coaches
Year of birth missing (living people)
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