Kieran Keane

Last updated

Kieran Keane
Birth nameKieran James Keane
Date of birth (1954-02-09) 9 February 1954 (age 68)
Place of birth Christchurch, New Zealand
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
School St Bede's College
Occupation(s)Rugby Union Coach
Rugby union career
Position(s) Second five-eighth
All Black No. 801
Provincial / State sides
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1977–85 Canterbury 64 ()
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1979 New Zealand 0 (0)
Teams coached
YearsTeam
1998–2001, 2006
2002–04
2009–16
2016–17
2017–2018
2019-		 Marlborough
Hawke's Bay
Tasman
Chiefs (Assistant)
Connacht
North Harbour

Kieran James Keane (born 9 February 1954) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former rugby union player. A second five-eighth, Keane represented Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1979. He played six matches for the All Blacks but did not appear in any official internationals. [1]

On 20 February 2017, it was announced that Keane will be the new head coach of Connacht Rugby, taking over once Pat Lam leaves in June 2017. [2] [3] On 30 April 2018, it was announced that Keane would be leaving Connacht at the end of the season after one year in charge. [4] [5]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ulster Rugby</span> Professional rugby team in Northern Ireland

Ulster Rugby is one of the four professional provincial rugby teams from the island of Ireland. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Connacht Rugby</span> Rugby team

Connacht Rugby is one of the four professional provincial rugby teams from the island of Ireland. Connacht competes in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup. The team represents the IRFU Connacht Branch, which is one of four primary branches of the IRFU, and is responsible for rugby union throughout the geographical Irish province of Connacht.

Patrick Richard Lam is a rugby union coach and former player. He is currently Director of Rugby at Bristol Bears in England's Premiership Rugby.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Muldoon (rugby union, born 1982)</span> Irish rugby union coach and player

John Muldoon is an Irish rugby union coach and former player. He is currently the forwards coach for the Bristol Bears.

Conor McPhillips is a former rugby union player from Ireland, who currently works as an assistant coach for English Premiership side Bristol Bears. McPhillips spent his professional playing career with Connacht, where he also served as a coach before joining Bristol in 2017.

Bundee Aki is a professional rugby union player who plays for Connacht in the URC and the Ireland national team. Aki was born and grew up in New Zealand, of Samoan descent, and qualified for Ireland through residency. A centre, he has also played for New Zealand provincial team Counties Manukau and for the Chiefs in Super Rugby.

Jake Heenan is a rugby union player from New Zealand. He plays primarily as an openside flanker. Heenan currently plays for English side Bristol. He played for Connacht from 2013 to 2018, winning a Pro12 title with the side in 2016. In March 2020 renewed his contract with Bristol for the 2020/21 season. Having reached the semifinals of the Gallagher Premiership finals Heenan both captained and played number 8 on a number of occasions. Heenan was integral in the bears first European trophy with Challenge Cup victory over Toulon.

The 2013–14 Connacht Rugby season was the team's thirteenth season competing in the Pro12 as well as their third season to compete in the Heineken Cup. Following the departure of Eric Elwood, the 2013–14 season saw Pat Lam take charge of the team as head coach.

Dan McFarland is an English rugby union coach and former player. He has been head coach of Ulster Rugby since 2018.

The 2015–16 season was Irish provincial rugby union side Connacht Rugby's fifteenth season competing in the Pro12, and the team's twentieth season as a professional side. It was Pat Lam's third season in charge of the side. Connacht finished the season as league champions after defeating Leinster in the 2016 Pro12 Grand Final, the team's first trophy in its 131-year history.

The 2017–18 PRO14 was the seventeenth season of the professional rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League. It is the first season to be referred to as the Guinness PRO14 Championship, with the addition of two South African teams.

The 2016–17 season was Irish provincial rugby union side Connacht Rugby's sixteenth season competing in the Pro12, and the team's twenty-first season as a professional side. It was Pat Lam's fourth and final season in charge of the side.

Sene Naoupu is an Ireland women's rugby union international. Naoupu was a member of the Ireland team that won the 2015 Women's Six Nations Championship. She also represented Ireland at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. She is also an Ireland women's rugby sevens international. Naoupu is a Samoan New Zealander who originally emigrated to Ireland in 2009 with her former husband, George Naoupu, the former Highlanders, Harlequins and Connacht rugby union player. Naoupu is also a lifestyle coach and fitness trainer and operates her own business, Senshaper. In 2016, Naoupu was listed by The Irish Times as one of the thirty most influential women in Ireland.

Nigel Carolan is a rugby union coach from Ireland. He is currently the Assistant coach to Scottish United Rugby Championship side Glasgow Warriors. He was previously a Backs coach at Connacht. Before becoming a coach Carolan represented Connacht as a player, but was forced to retire due to injury in 2000.

The 2017–18 season was Irish provincial rugby union side Connacht Rugby's seventeenth season competing in the Pro14, and the team's twenty-second season as a professional side. It was Kieran Keane's first and only season in charge of the side.

The 2018–19 Pro14 is the eighteenth season of the professional rugby union competition originally known as the Celtic League. It was the second season to be referred to as the Pro14.

The 2018–19 season was Irish provincial rugby union side Connacht Rugby's eighteenth season competing in the Pro14, and the team's twenty-third season as a professional side. It was Andy Friend's first season in charge of the side.

The 2019–20 season was Irish provincial rugby union side Connacht Rugby's nineteenth season competing in the Pro14, and the team's twenty-fourth season as a professional side. It was Andy Friend's second season in charge of the side.

Peter Wilkins is an English rugby union coach. He is currently Head Coach and Defence Coach of Irish provincial team Connacht Rugby in the United Rugby Championship competition. He was previously Senior Coach and Assistant Coach at Connacht Rugby in the Guinness Pro14, Assistant Coach of Edinburgh Rugby, also in the Guinness Pro14, and Assistant Coach of the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition. Prior to this, he held roles as Head Performance Analyst of the Queensland Reds, Head Coach of Queensland Reds A, and Coaching Coordinator of Queensland Country in the Australian National Rugby Championship.

References

  1. ↑ Knight, Lindsay. "Kieran Keane". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Chiefs assistant Kieran Keane confirmed as next Connacht head coach". The 42. 20 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Keane edge echoes Lam's rags to riches story - Everything you need to know about the new Connacht coach". Irish Independent. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Connacht to part ways with head coach Kieran Keane after just one season in charge". Irish Independent. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Keane's Connacht fate sealed some time ago as Kiwi leaves after just one season". The 42. 30 April 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.


Flag of New Zealand.svg

This biographical article relating to New Zealand rugby union, about a person born in the 1950s, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.