David Kidwell

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David Kidwell
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Personal information
Full nameDavid Leon Peter Jamie Kidwell [1]
Born (1977-04-23) 23 April 1977 (age 47)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Playing information
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight108 kg (17 st 0 lb)
Position Second-row, Centre
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1997–98 Adelaide Rams 162008
1999–00 Parramatta Eels 3380032
2001–02 Warrington Wolves 32120048
2002 Sydney Roosters 1930012
2003–06 Melbourne Storm 103180072
2007–09 South Sydney 3830012
Total2414600184
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1999–08 New Zealand 2540016
2000 Aotearoa Māori 31004
Coaching information
Representative
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
201618 New Zealand 1141636
202022 Māori All Stars 321067
Source: [2] [3] [4]

David Kidwell (born 23 April 1977) is a professional rugby coach who is the defence coach at Los Pumas, the national rugby union team of Argentina, and a former rugby league player. As a player, he represented New Zealand as a member of the 2005 Tri-Nations and 2008 World Cup winning New Zealand teams. [2] [3] He primarily played as a second-row, though he started his career as a centre.

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Background

Kidwell was born in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Playing career

A Hornby Panthers junior in the Canterbury Rugby League competition, in 1995 Kidwell played in the Lion Red Cup for the Canterbury Country Cardinals. [5]

He then joined the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in 1996 and also made the 1996 Junior Kiwis that year. He made his first grade début on 17 August 1997 in round 17 for the Adelaide Rams against Canberra at Canberra Stadium. In 1999, Kidwell joined Parramatta and played in the clubs heart breaking preliminary final loss to Melbourne that year where the club was leading 16-6 but lost 18–16. Kidwell was selected for the New Zealand team to compete in the end of season 1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations tournament. In the final against Australia he played from the interchange bench in the Kiwis' 22–20 loss. Between 2001 and 2002, Kidwell played for Warrington in the Super League. In 2002, Kidwell joined the Sydney Roosters, he played 18 games for the club but missed out on playing in the clubs 2002 NRL Grand Final victory over the New Zealand Warriors.

In 2003, Kidwell joined Melbourne playing a total of 103 games for the club including the 2006 NRL Grand Final where Brisbane upset Melbourne 15–8. Even if Melbourne had won this premiership, it later would have been stripped for salary cap breaches. During 2006, Kidwell signed a pre-contract agreement to represent the South Sydney Rabbitohs until 2009. [6]

In the 2007 pre-season, it was announced that Kidwell would be co-captain of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, along with Peter Cusack for 2007. In April 2007, Kidwell was ruled out for the season after suffering a freak accident at home where he tripped over one of his children and injured his knee. [7] At the end of 2007 Kidwell was named in the Melbourne Storm team of the decade. [8] After failing an alcohol test on 2 May 2008, the South Sydney club stripped Kidwell of his co-captaincy and four others who failed were relegated to the bench for their Sunday match against North Queensland. [9] Kidwell retired from rugby league at the end of the 2009 season. [10]

Representative career

Kidwell made his New Zealand début in 1999.

Kidwell playing for the Kiwis at the 2008 RLWC David Kidwell.JPG
Kidwell playing for the Kiwis at the 2008 RLWC
Kidwell (right) performing the Haka for New Zealand in 2008 BENJI MARSHALL & DAVID KIDWELL (3036080554).jpg
Kidwell (right) performing the Haka for New Zealand in 2008

In August 2008, Kidwell was named in the New Zealand training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, [11] and in October 2008, he was named in the final 24-man Kiwi squad. [12]

Coaching career

Kidwell was appointed the Rabbitohs Toyota Cup (Under 20s competition) coach for 2010. [13] They finished minor premiers that year and made the Grand Final, but were defeated 42–28 by the Under 20s New Zealand Warriors. He later worked as an assistant coach at the Melbourne Storm under Craig Bellamy. On 16 September 2013 it was announced that he would be joining the Wests Tigers in 2014 as an assistant coach.

Kidwell joined the New Zealand national rugby league team as an assistant coach in 2014. After Stephen Kearney left the role of being the head coach of the New Zealand national team in 2016, Kidwell was later appointed as the new Kiwis head coach, Kidwell oversaw a brief but embarrassing era for New Zealand Rugby League in which they lost two World Cup matches to tier-2 nations, and fluked a draw against another in the 2016 Four Nations tournament. A series of critical failures in team culture and management led to disappointing results and a mass exodus of players. One notable player to leave the team was Jason Taumololo. Taumololo defected to Tonga, who defeated New Zealand in a World Cup pool match. Kidwell was replaced by Michael Maguire after failing to make the semi-finals of the 2017 World Cup. [14]

In 2018, Kidwell was appointed as assistant coach at one of his former clubs The Parramatta Eels. [15]

In May 2022 it was announced that Kidwell had been appointed defensive coach of the Argentina rugby union side, by head coach Michael Cheika. [16]

Kiwis coaching record

OpponentPlayedWonDrewLostWin Ratio (%)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 400400.00
Flag of England.svg  England 1100100.00
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 100100.00
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 1100100.00
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 211050.00
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 100100.00
TOTAL1031630.00
World Cup record
YearRoundPositionGPWLD
Australia/New Zealand/Papua New Guinea 2017 Quarter-Final5/144220
Total0 Titles0/14220
Four Nations record
YearRoundPositionGPWLD
England 2016 Second Place2/44121
Total0 Titles0/14121
Anzac Test
YearRoundPositionGPWLD
2017 Anzac Test Second Place2/21010
Total0 Titles0/11010
Other Test matches
YearRoundPositionGPWLD
2016 Second Place2/21010
Total0 Wins0/11010

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