Darryl Bill Suasua (born 1966) is the current head coach of Counties Manukau in the

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, and a former coach of the

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. He coached the

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for seven years in which they won both the

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and

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Women's Rugby World Cups. They also won the

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and

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s. Suasua also coached the New Zealand women's sevens side for the

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. They lost to

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in the finals 10–15. Suasua was also a Backs Assistant Coach for under Head Coach Stephen Betham. In the

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, Suasua was appointed a

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, for services to rugby.

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1965 births Living people New Zealand rugby union coaches New Zealand national rugby sevens team coaches Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit Place of birth missing (living people) New Zealand women's national rugby union team coaches {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-stub