Steve Lancaster
| Full name | Stephen Gregory Lancaster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 February 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stephen Gregory Lancaster (born 4 February 1971) is a New Zealand former professional rugby union player.
Playing career
[edit]A native of Auckland, Lancaster was a NZ Colts representative lock in 1992 and briefly competed for his home province the following year, before moving down to Canterbury. He was a Crusaders player from 1997 to 2000 and came on off the bench in their 1999 Super 12 grand final win over the Highlanders.[1]
Administration
[edit]Lancaster was the Crusaders high performance manager between 2006 and 2012, then worked in a similar role with Rugby Canada for two years.[2][3] He was Head of High Performance at Netball New Zealand in 2015 and 2016, before taking up a position with New Zealand Rugby, where he most recently GM of Community Rugby[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Class of '98 set the bar". The Press. 14 July 2018.
- ^ "Crusaders lose phantom cog Lancaster". Stuff.co.nz. 10 December 2012.
- ^ "Former Crusaders lock Steve Lancaster handed caretaker role as head of Netball New Zealand". Stuff.co.nz. 1 July 2016.
- ^ "Lancaster returning to rugby". Radio New Zealand. 13 July 2016.