Full name | Nicholas Vivian Howard Mallett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 30 October 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Haileybury, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University |
University of Cape Town University of Oxford |
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Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amateur team(s) | |||
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Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
1977 1979-1980 1980-1985 1982-1983 1985-1990 1990–1992 |
Western Province Oxford University RFC Western Province Rugby Rovigo Saint-Claude Boulogne-Billancourt |
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National team(s) | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
1984 | South Africa | 2 | (0) |
Teams coached | |||
Years | Team | ||
1984-1985 1985-1990 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-2000 2002-2004 2007-2011 2009 2013 2014 |
Rugby Rovigo Saint-Claude False Bay Rugby Club Boland Cavaliers South Africa (Assistant Coach) South Africa Stade Français Italy Barbarians South African Barbarians World XV |
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Correct as of 11-16-2011
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Nicholas Vivian Howard Mallett (born 30 October 1956) is a former South African rugby union player who played for the Springboks, South Africa's national rugby union team, in 1984. He also coached the Springboks between 1997 and 2000 and was the head coach of Italy's rugby union team between 2007 and 2011.
Born on 30 October 1956 in Hertford Heath, England, Mallett moved to Rhodesia with his family in 1956 when he was only six weeks old, and his father, Tony Mallett, took up a post as an English teacher at the recently founded Peterhouse Boys' School, in Marandellas near Salisbury. Nick first arrived in Cape Town, South Africa in 1963, when his father was appointed Headmaster of Diocesan College, after which he attended St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. He graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1977 with a BA in English and History. While a student at the university, he was selected to play for the Western Province rugby union team.
In 1979 Mallett moved back to England to attend University College at the University of Oxford, where he not only gained further qualifications but also won Blues in rugby union and cricket, famously hitting three sixes in one over off Ian Botham. Eventually he returned to South Africa, where he represented Western Province in four consecutive Currie Cup wins between 1982 and 1985, and played two games for the Springboks in 1984 against the South American Jaguars.