Euan Mackintosh is a rugby sevens coach. He is the skills coach and assistant coach for the New Zealand All Blacks Sevens. He was the head coach of the Chinese women's national sevens team.
| Date of birth | 6 September 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Inverness | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography edit
Mackintosh first played rugby at Highland Rugby Club and was on the team at university in Edinburgh where he was studying physical education.[1] He played rugby in New Zealand before going to Australia in 2008.[2] He then played for a semi professional rugby club in France. He began his coaching career at Saint-Étienne.[2]
Mackintosh moved to New Zealand, where he coached at Tauranga Sports Rugby Club in Bay of Plenty.[2] He coached in their Sevens Programme and helped the Under-19s to a national championship.[2]
Mackintosh was appointed as head coach of China's women's national rugby sevens team in 2020[3][1] and helped them qualify for their first Olympics. They finished in seventh place.[2][4][5]
References edit
- ^ a b Clark, Will (20 November 2020). "Beauly man appointed head coach of China rugby sevens Olympics squad". RossShire Journal. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Clark, Will (20 November 2020). "Former Millburn Academy pupil appointed head coach of China rugby sevens women's team that will compete at Olympic Games for the first time". Inverness Courier. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ Gillen, Nancy (21 November 2020). "China aiming for women's rugby sevens quarter-final at Tokyo 2020". www.insidethegames.biz. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ "Olympian Coach Visiting The Mount". Attain. 7 January 2022. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
- ^ Lewis, Haydn (14 January 2022). "Olympic rugby coach Euan Mackintosh visits Mount School York". York Press. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
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