Clark Laidlaw

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Clark Laidlaw
Date of birth (1977-07-16) 16 July 1977 (age 47)
Rugby union career
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2001–2007  Scotland 93
Teams coached
Years Team
2017–
2015–2016
2013–2015		 New Zealand 7s (Head Coach)
London Irish (Assistant Coach)
Hurricanes (Assistant Coach)

Clark Laidlaw (born 16 July 1977) is currently the head coach of the New Zealand national rugby sevens team. Laidlaw was appointed as All Blacks Sevens Head Coach in 2017.[1][2][3][4]

Biography

Laidlaw is the son of former British & Irish Lions and Scotland international rugby union player Roy Laidlaw. His cousin, Greig Laidlaw, also represented the British & Irish Lions and Scotland.[5][2] He represented Scotland internationally in sevens[5][4] and moved to New Zealand in 2008.

Laidlaw was the Skills Coach and Video Analyst with the New Zealand sevens team under Tietjens from 2010 to 2012.[3] He then returned to Taranaki in 2010 and became their Skills Coach. He was the Assistant Coach of the Hurricanes from 2013 to 2015.[1][5] He was also Assistant Coach of the London Irish.[6][7] In 2018, a year after becoming Head Coach, New Zealand won gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[8]

In 2021, Laidlaw guided New Zealand to a silver medal at the Tokyo Olympics.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b Strang, Ben (2017-01-21). "New NZ Sevens coach Clark Laidlaw says he's a Kiwi when it comes to rugby". Stuff. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  2. ^ a b "Laidlaw talks sevens, New Zealand and Scotland". Scottish Rugby Union. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  3. ^ a b "Clark Laidlaw to become New Zealand Sevens Head Coach". London Irish. 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  4. ^ a b "Clark Laidlaw appointed Head Coach of All Blacks Sevens". RUGBY HEARTLAND. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  5. ^ a b c "Clark Laidlaw in sevens heaven with All Blacks". www.scotsman.com. 12 December 2017. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  6. ^ "Laidlaw to join London Irish". Hurricanes. 2015-03-03. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  7. ^ "Doorey and Laidlaw join London Irish". BBC Sport. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  8. ^ Jones, Christopher (2020-01-23). "NZ coach Laidlaw: No second chances at Hamilton World Sevens". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  9. ^ Shannon, Kris (28 July 2021). "Silver for NZ: Fantastic Fiji too good for All Blacks Sevens in final". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  10. ^ "Tokyo Olympics rugby sevens: Fiji claim gold, as NZ settle for silver". RNZ. 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
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