Allan Bunting

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Allan Bunting
Date of birth (1975-02-11) 11 February 1975 (age 49) [1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Coach
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Bay of Plenty Steamers (0)
Super Rugby
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Chiefs (0)
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
New Zealand 14
Coaching career
YearsTeam
2012–2016 Black Ferns 7s (Assistant coach)
2016–2021 Black Ferns 7s
2022 Chiefs Manawa
2022 Black Ferns (Assistant coach)
2023 Black Ferns (Head coach)

Allan Bunting (born 11 February 1975) [1] is a New Zealand rugby union and sevens coach. He previously coached the Black Ferns sevens and was the inaugural head coach of the Chiefs Manawa in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition. [2] [3] He was appointed as the Black Ferns fifteens coach in February 2023.

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Playing career

Between 1999 and 2009 Bunting played for the New Zealand sevens team, the Chiefs, the Bay of Plenty Steamers and Tokyo Gas. [4] [5]

Coaching career

Bunting was the assistant coach for the Black Ferns Sevens from 2012 to 2016. [4] He has also been the skills coach for the All Blacks Sevens and assistant coach for the Wellington Lions Sevens. [4]

Bunting replaced Sean Horan as head coach of the New Zealand women's sevens team after the 2016 Summer Olympics. [6] [4] After taking leave in 2019, he returned and co-coached the team with Cory Sweeney until the Tokyo Olympics. [7] They won gold after defeating France in the Gold medal final. [8] Bunting stepped down as co-coach after the Olympics [9] [10] [11] and was later appointed as Chiefs Manawa head coach. [5]

In February 2023, Bunting was appointed as the Black Ferns coach through to the 2025 Rugby World Cup in England. [12] [13] He replaced Wayne Smith as the Black Ferns Director of Rugby. [13] [14]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Allan Bunting". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "Olympic Gold Medal winning coach announced as Chiefs Women Head Coach". Chiefs. 6 October 2021. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Super Rugby: Rotorua's Allan Bunting named head coach of Chiefs Women". NZ Herald. 6 October 2021. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Allan Bunting appointed Head Coach of Black Ferns Sevens". www.voxy.co.nz. 3 November 2016. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  5. 1 2 Swannell, Rikki (25 January 2022). "The Heart of Coaching". www.nzrugbyworld.co.nz. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  6. ↑ Strang, Ben (3 November 2016). "Allan Bunting named as New Zealand women's sevens coach, replacing Sean Horan". Stuff. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Co-coaches for the Black Ferns Sevens". RNZ. 25 September 2019. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  8. ↑ Pearson, Joseph (31 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics: Golden Black Ferns sevens beat France to become Olympic champions". Stuff. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Cory Sweeney steps up as Black Ferns Sevens head coach". RNZ. 27 August 2021. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Allan Bunting steps down from Black Ferns Sevens after golden run". Māori Television. 27 August 2021. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "Rugby: Black Ferns Sevens co-coach Allan Bunting steps down following Olympic triumph". NZ Herald. 27 August 2021. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  12. ↑ "Allan Bunting announced as Black Ferns Director of Rugby". allblacks.com. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  13. 1 2 Pearson, Joseph (9 February 2023). "Allan Bunting replaces Wayne Smith as Black Ferns coach through to 2025 Rugby World Cup". Stuff. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  14. ↑ "Former Sevens maestro Allan Bunting named new Black Ferns coach". 1 News. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
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2023		Incumbent
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