Allan Bunting
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Allan Bunting (born 11 February 1975) is a New Zealand rugby union and sevens coach. He was appointed as Chiefs Women's head coach for the inaugural season of Super Rugby Aupiki.[1][2]
Playing career
Between 1999 and 2009 Bunting played for the New Zealand sevens team, the Chiefs, the Bay of Plenty Steamers and Tokyo Gas.[3][4]
Coaching career
Bunting was the assistant coach for the Black Ferns Sevens from 2012 to 2016.[3] He has also been the skills coach for the All Blacks Sevens and assistant coach for the Wellington Lions Sevens.[3]
Bunting replaced Sean Horan as head coach of the New Zealand women's sevens team after the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5][3] After taking leave in 2019, he returned and co-coached the team with Cory Sweeney until the Tokyo Olympics.[6] They won gold after defeating France in the Gold medal final.[7] Bunting stepped down as co-coach after the Olympics[8][9][10] and was later appointed as Chiefs women's head coach.[4]
References
- ^ "Olympic Gold Medal winning coach announced as Chiefs Women Head Coach". Chiefs. 6 October 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ "Super Rugby: Rotorua's Allan Bunting named head coach of Chiefs Women". NZ Herald. 6 October 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ a b c d "Allan Bunting appointed Head Coach of Black Ferns Sevens". www.voxy.co.nz. 3 November 2016. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ a b Swannell, Rikki (25 January 2022). "The Heart of Coaching". www.nzrugbyworld.co.nz. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ Strang, Ben (2016-11-03). "Allan Bunting named as New Zealand women's sevens coach, replacing Sean Horan". Stuff. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ "Co-coaches for the Black Ferns Sevens". RNZ. 2019-09-25. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ Pearson, Joseph (2021-07-31). "Tokyo Olympics: Golden Black Ferns sevens beat France to become Olympic champions". Stuff. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ "Cory Sweeney steps up as Black Ferns Sevens head coach". RNZ. 2021-08-27. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ "Allan Bunting steps down from Black Ferns Sevens after golden run". Māori Television. 27 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
- ^ "Rugby: Black Ferns Sevens co-coach Allan Bunting steps down following Olympic triumph". NZ Herald. 27 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-02-14.