| Birth name | Zane Hilton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1981 (age 43–44) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Joseph's College, Nudgee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zane Hilton (born 1981) is an Australian professional rugby union coach. He is currently an assistant coach of the Super Rugby team the Melbourne Rebels. [1] [2] He was appointed as head coach of the Melbourne Rising team in Australia's National Rugby Championship in 2015. [3]
Hilton began his rugby coaching career as manager of the Regional College for the Queensland Reds from 2002 to 2006. [4] He was an assistant coach at Italian club Benetton in Treviso for the 2006–07 season and at University of Queensland for 2007 and 2008. [1] Hilton then joined Brothers for two seasons, winning the Queensland Premier Rugby competition in his first year as head coach in 2009. [1]
He re-located to Japan in 2011 for four years, coaching at Kyuden Voltex and Canon Eagles including a season at each club as head coach. After returning home to Australia, Hilton was contracted as the forwards coach for the Melbourne Rebels in Super Rugby for the 2015 season. [1] [2] He was appointed as head coach of the Melbourne Rising for the 2015 National Rugby Championship. [3]