Ewen McKenzie
| Full name | Ewen James McKenzie | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 21 June 1965 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Melbourne, Australia | ||||||||||||
| School | Scotch College, Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| University | University of New South Wales | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1987–95 |
Randwick Melbourne Harlequins Paris Université Club |
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1996–97 1987–95 |
ACT Brumbies NSW Waratahs |
36 37 |
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 1990–97 | Australia | 51 | (9) |
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| 2013–14 2010–13 2008–09 2003–08 2005 |
Australia Queensland Reds Stade Français NSW Waratahs Australia A |
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Ewen James Andrew McKenzie (born 21 June 1965) is an Australian professional rugby union coach and a former international rugby player. He played for Australia's World Cup winning team in 1991 and earned 51 caps for the Wallabies during his test career. McKenzie was head coach of the Australian team from 2013 to 2014. He has coached in both southern and northern hemispheres, in Super Rugby for the Waratahs and Reds, and in France at Top 14 side Stade Français. During his playing days he was a prop and, in a representative career spanning from 1987 to 1997, he played nine seasons for the NSW Waratahs and two for the ACT Brumbies.
Born in Melbourne, McKenzie was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne and at the University of New South Wales.
Ewen McKenzie played prop for the New South Wales Waratahs 37 times between 1987 and 1995, before joining the Brumbies in 1996, for the inaugural Super 12 season. He played 36 times for the Canberra-based team until 1997, playing in the 1997 Super 12 final against the Auckland Blues, who won that match 23–7 at Eden Park.
McKenzie was the second Victorian born and bred player to represent Australia after the great Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop. He played for the Wallabies 51 times, earning his first cap in 21–9 victory over France on 9 June 1990 at the Sydney Football Stadium. He started every match of the 1990 French tour to Australia, winning the test series 2–1. His first major test series was the Bledisloe Cup series in August 1990. The All Blacks won the trophy with a 2–1 series win. McKenzie was part of the Australian side that claimed the 1991 Rugby World Cup, beating the All Blacks in the semi-final with a famous 16–6 victory at Lansdowne Road, before taking the cup with a 12–6 victory over England in the final at Twickenham, where he formed a formidable front row alongside Tony Daly and Phil Kearns.
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