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Robbie Deans

Robbie Deans
Robbie Deans 2011 cropped.jpg
Full name Robert Maxwell Deans
Nickname Robbie
Date of birth (1959-09-04) 4 September 1959 (age 57)
Place of birth Cheviot, New Zealand
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 79 kg (12 st 6 lb)
School Christ's College, Christchurch
Notable relative(s) Bruce Deans (brother)
Bob Deans (great-uncle)
Rugby union career
Current status
Position(s) Panasonic Wild Knights coach 
Playing career
Position Fullback
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Apps (points)
1979–1990 Canterbury 146 (1641)
Correct as of 2007-12-29
National team(s)
Years Club / team Apps (points)
1983–1985 New Zealand 5 (50)
Correct as of 2007-12-29
Coaching career
Years Club / team    
1997–2000
2001–2003
2000–2008
2008–2013
2014–
Canterbury
New Zealand (assistant coach)
Crusaders
Australia
Panasonic Wild Knights
Correct as of 2013-07-12
Provincial/State sides
Years Club / team Apps (points)
1979–1990 Canterbury 146 (1641)
Correct as of 2007-12-29
National team(s)
Years Club / team Apps (points)
1983–1985 New Zealand 5 (50)
Correct as of 2007-12-29
Coaching career
Years Club / team    
1997–2000
2001–2003
2000–2008
2008–2013
2014–
Canterbury
New Zealand (assistant coach)
Crusaders
Australia
Panasonic Wild Knights
Correct as of 2013-07-12

Robert Maxwell Deans (born 4 September 1959) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player, currently the head coach of Japanese club Panasonic Wild Knights. He was head coach of the Australian national team between 2008 and 2013. Deans had previously coached the Crusaders for eight seasons and was an assistant coach of New Zealand between late 2001 and 2003. As the coach of the Crusaders, Deans has won more Super rugby titles than any other (three Super 12 titles and two Super 14). He has also coached Canterbury in the National Provincial Championship, winning the title in 1997. As a player, Deans represented Canterbury, first playing at fly half, and later fullback. He also played nineteen matches for the All Blacks, including five tests.

Deans attended Christ's College, Christchurch as a boarder where he played rugby mainly at first five-eighth. He made his provincial debut for Canterbury in 1979 and played mainly at fullback, as the team already had future All Black coach Wayne Smith playing at first-five. Deans was the first-choice goal-kicker for the team and scored 1,641 points for the union. He was a member of the Canterbury team during the Ranfurly Shield era of the early 1980s. This included kicking eight of Canterbury's 16 points in its 16–12 challenge win over Wellington in 1982. The shield reign ended in 1985 against Auckland in "the match of the century" where Deans also played. This reign is the longest in Canterbury rugby union history. He went on to represent Canterbury 146 times, with his career ending in 1990.


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