Derren Witcombe

Derren Witcombe

Full name	Derren John Charles Witcombe
Date of birth	(1978-10-30) 30 October 1978 (age 38)
Place of birth	Hobart, Australia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	108 kg (238 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 2001–02 2003–06 Northland Auckland 20 30 Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2002–07 Blues 53 (15) National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2005 2007 New Zealand Junior All Blacks 5 (0) Teams coached Years Team 2013–14, 17– 2015–16 Northland Mitsubishi Dynaboars

Position(s)	Hooker
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2001–02 2003–06	Northland Auckland	20 30
Super Rugby
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2002–07	Blues	53	(15)
National team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
2005 2007	New Zealand Junior All Blacks	5	(0)
Teams coached
Years	Team
2013–14, 17– 2015–16	Northland Mitsubishi Dynaboars

Derren John Charles Witcombe (born 30 October 1978) is an Australian-born New Zealand rugby union coach and former player. As a player, he played at hooker.

He played for the All Blacks, New Zealand's national team, in 2005, and at Super Rugby level for the Blues between 2002 and 2007. Provincially he represented Northland and then Auckland.

He retired from playing in 2007 due to a neck injury. He took up coaching, and was head coach of Northland in the in 2013 and 2014 National Provincial Championships before departing suddenly in early 2015 to take up a position at Japanese club Mitsubishi Dynaboars.

In February 2017 it was announced Witcombe had signed a contract to return to the Northland province as head coach for the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup.

Witcombe is also an accomplished cricketer. He has played for the Northland province as a wicket keeper/batsman.

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