Steve Jackson (born 22 March 1973) is a
New Zealand
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professional rugby union coach, who during his playing career played
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across multiple teams in the
New Zealand Provincial Championship. He formerly worked as the head coach of the
Samoan National rugby team from 2018 to 2020.
He attended High School at
Waitākere College.
Career
Playing
As a player Steve Jackson, represented NZ Under-17 in 1990,
NZ Secondary Schools in 1991,
NZ Under-19 in 1992 and toured
Australia
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with the
NZ Maoris in 2002.
He enjoyed a long-playing career as a lock playing
NPC for
North Harbour,
Tasman and Captained
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in 2002–03.
Coaching
He moved into coaching initially back in his roots in West Auckland with the
Massey club which he guided to back-to-back club titles before moving to
Nelson
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where he won a championship with the Marist club.
He then assisted
Tasman in the
NPC before being recruited by current
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Head coach
Milton Haig and then
Tana Umaga
Jonathan Ionatana Falefasa Umaga (; ; born 27 May 1973) is a New Zealand former rugby union footballer and former captain of the national team, the All Blacks. Since 2016 he has been coach of the Blues in the Super Rugby competition.
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in a successful stint at
Counties Manukau, where they were promoted to the
NPC Premiership and won the
Ranfurly Shield
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for the first time. After his success with
Counties Manukau he was then approached to be Head Coach for
North Harbour where he was Head Coach for the 2015 and 2016 where he successfully managed to gain
North Harbour promotion to the Premiership.
In 2017 Steve was promoted as the
Blues
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Forwards coach after spending 3 years at the Franchise coaching development teams.
In 2018 Jackson took over as Samoa head coach from previous coach
Fuimaono Titimaea Tafua.
References
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1973 births
Living people
New Zealand rugby union coaches
Rugby union locks
New Zealand rugby union players
New Zealand Māori rugby union players
Southland rugby union players
Tasman rugby union players
North Harbour rugby union players
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Samoa
Samoa national rugby union team coaches