Shaun Berne

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Shaun Berne
Birth nameShaun Berne
Date of birth (1979-01-08) 8 January 1979 (age 45)
Place of birthSydney, Australia
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight13 st 6 lb (85 kg)
Notable relative(s) John Berne (father)
Michael Berne (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre/Fly-half
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1999–01 Bath 39 (102)
2001–06 NSW Waratahs 38 (57)
2006–09 Bath 83 (185)
2009–11 Leinster 23 (70)
2011–13 Calvisano 42 (16)
Correct as of 19 May 18000
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1999 Australia under 21s 2
2003–05 Australia A 5
Correct as of 12 August 2009

Shaun Berne (born 8 January 1979) is an Australian rugby union coach and former player. He is currently an assistant coach with the Western Force. His professional playing career spanned twelve seasons, where he played for New South Wales Waratahs, [1] as well as Bath, Leinster, and Calvisano. His usual playing positions were fly-half and centre.

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Family and early life

Shaun Berne was born in Sydney. His father John Berne had played rugby for Australia in the 1970s, and his younger brother Michael also made a rugby career and played professionally in Ireland as a centre for Leinster. Berne attended Marcellin College Randwick and was selected for the Australian under-16 rugby team in 1995. [2] He played club rugby for Randwick and represented Australia under 21s on two occasions in 1999. [3] [4]

Rugby career

Berne moved to England to play two seasons for Bath Rugby from 1999 to 2001, and was selected for the Barbarians in 2000. [5] He returned to Australia to join the NSW Waratahs, [1] making 38 Super 12 appearances and scoring 57 points (including 6 tries) between 2003 and 2006. He was capped on five occasions for Australia A, before returning to Europe. [4]

After a further three successful seasons at Bath from 2006 to 2009, Berne had made a total of 119 appearances for that club all competitions (totalling 282 points), including 27 European caps. He then joined Irish province Leinster for two seasons, coached by Michael Cheika. [4] Berne played the final two seasons of his professional career at Italian club Calvisano.

Coaching

Berne worked as a coach in Leinster's elite player development program in 2015–16, before signing with the Western Force as attack coach in 2017. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Berne wonder goal leads Waratahs to victory over Crusaders". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 6 April 2003. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "On A Winner: A History of Marcellin College Randwick 1923 – 1998" (PDF). Marcellin College Randwick. 1999. p. 82. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Annual Report" (PDF). Randwick Rugby. 2015. p. 26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Shuan Berne". Leinster Rugby. 2011. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "Barbarians fielding a strong line-up; RUGBY UNION". The Coventry Evening Telegraph. England. 18 February 2000. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Shaun Berne bolsters Force coaching ranks". Western Force. 29 September 2016. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
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