Paul Healy (rugby union)

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Paul Healy
Rugby union career
Position(s) Coach
Current team Houston SaberCats
Coaching career
YearsTeam
1999–2002 Stade Français (Asst.)
2002–2004 Swansea RFC (Asst.)
2007 Ballymore Tornadoes (Asst.)
2011–2013 Ordizia RE
2014 CSM București
2014–2016 Chile
2018–2019 Germany (Asst.)
2019–2021 Houston SaberCats

Paul Healy is an Australian rugby union coach who most recently served as the head coach of the Houston SaberCats of Major League Rugby (MLR). He has been involved in several international teams in multiple capacities including Uruguay, Chile, Brazil, and Germany. He also previously served as head coach for Ordizia RE of Spain's División de Honor and CSM București of Romania's SuperLiga.

While an assistant coach with Stade Français his team were champions of France's Top 14 in 2000, and were runners-up in the 2001 Heineken Cup Final (European Rugby Champions Cup). [1] While head coach, his Ordizia RE team won the Copa del Rey for the first time, and were runners-up of the División de Honor two times.

The Houston SaberCats announced that they had hired Healy as Director of Rugby & Head Coach ahead of the 2020 season in early-August 2019. [2] After posting a 3–13 record, it was announced on June 10, 2021, that Healy would not return as head coach for the 2022 MLR season.

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References

  1. Kitson, Robert (21 May 2001). "Healey's flash of genius seals lion-hearted Tigers triumph". The Guardian . Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  2. "SaberCats gets a new head coach". KHOU. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.