Joe Shaw (rugby union)

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Joe Shaw
Birth nameJoe Shaw
Date of birth (1980-02-20) 20 February 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight15 st 2 lb (96 kg)
School Old Swinford Hospital
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback, Centre, Wing
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1998-2000
2000-2002
2002-2008
Sale
Northampton Saints
Newcastle Falcons
8
16
83
(18)
(20)
(52)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)

England Under 21 England Under 19

England Under 18
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
England
Coaching career
YearsTeam
Northampton Ladies
Newcastle University
South Shields Westoe
Kowloon
Hong Kong
Saracens

Joe Shaw born 20 February 1980 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England is a rugby union player and coach.

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Playing career

Born in the West Midlands, Shaw played for Sale Sharks as a youngster. He won England representative honours at Under-18s, 19s and 21s, and was in the full England sevens squad in 2001.

Shaw was a utility player, his broad range of skills saw him play at fullback, in the centres and on the wing.

Shaw joined the Newcastle Falcons in the Guinness Premiership from Northampton Saints in the summer of 2002.

A memorable moment for many will be the try he scored in the Falcons' victorious 2004 Powergen Cup win over former club Sale at Twickenham. [1]

A recurring ankle injury picked up early in the campaign saw him miss much of the 2004/5 season, restricting him to six starts and five outings from the bench.

Shaw used his time away from playing rugby to help the Falcons Community Foundation to good effect, winning the Falcons community award six years in a row from 2003 to 2009, while he was also named Powergen Community Player of the Season for 2006–2007. Furthermore, was the first rugby player inducted into the Show Racism the Red Card charity.

Coaching career

Away from the Falcons, Shaw coached local side Westoe RFC, from 2003 to 2009 along with former Falcons star Richard Arnold. Winning three league titles, two County Cups and reached the final of the Powergen Intermediate Cup. Upon leaving Newcastle Falcons in 2009 he became head coach of the bottom of the league Kowloon Rugby Club, finishing top in 2012; Shaw also became Hong Kong's national coach.

He is now the head coach of Saracens Rugby Club. Shaw headed up the successful A League and LV Cup teams in 2015, and is part of the coaching team that helped secure the 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2022 Premiership titles and the 2016, 2017 and 2019 European Champions Cup titles. He also led the club to the 2020 Green King IPA Championship title.

Additionally, Shaw has earned an MSc in coaching science, writing his dissertation on the philosophy of player centered coaching.

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References

  1. "Newcastle 37–33 Sale". BBC. 17 April 2004. Retrieved 26 December 2009.