Declan Kidney (born 20 October 1959) is an Irish rugby union coach. He was the head coach of the Ireland national rugby union team from 2008 to 2013, where he won the 2009 Six Nations with a Grand Slam, winning the 2009 IRB Coach of the Year award.[1][2] He was also the head coach at Munster, leading them to four Heineken Cup finals, winning twice in 2006 and 2008. He was recently Director of Rugby at London Irish.
He took on the role of rugby coach at the school, where he had initial success as coach of the junior and later senior side.[4]
Coaching careeredit
Youth and professionaledit
Following his coaching of the Irish Schools team, Kidney coached the Ireland under 19s team which won the FIRA World Cup in 1998.[5]
After the 1998 Tournament he joined Munster.[6] His initial stint at Munster ended in 2002, when he left to become Ireland's assistant coach. He was replaced at Munster by Alan Gaffney.
In the summer of 2004, he became coach at Newport Gwent Dragons. However, in August 2004, after only 3 months in the job, he left to join Leinster.[7]
He rejoined Munster in 2005, winning the Heineken Cup in his first season back, after losing in both 2000 and 2002 in the final.[8][9] After this win, Kidney was awarded the 2006 Philips Sports Manager of the Year award,[10] and on 24 May 2008, his Munster squad won the Heineken Cup once again.[11]
Ireland's international fortunes declined after 2009 with a poor string of results, which was the antithesis to the success of its provinces Leinster, Ulster, Connacht and Munster. In 2011 Kidney led Ireland to the quarter finals of the 2011 Rugby World Cup, at which Ireland recorded their first-ever clean sweep of their pool, including Ireland's first-ever win at a world cup against a major rugby nation (Australia). A series of poor game management decisions by senior players saw them defeated 22–10 by Wales.[15] Ireland suffered their heaviest defeat in history in 2012 going down by 60–0 against New Zealand,[16] and by 2013 had slipped to their worst IRB World Ranking of ninth when Ireland suffered a string of injuries to key players, the likes of which Ireland has not suffered previously nor suffered since. After finishing fifth in the 2013 Six Nations Championship, which included an historic loss to Italy, the IRFU, on 2 April 2013, decided to terminate Kidney's contract.[17][18][19][20] Kidney finished with a record of 28 wins, 3 draws and 22 defeats.[21]
UCCedit
In August 2013, Kidney was appointed as the Director of Sport and Physical Activity at UCC.[22]
London Irishedit
Kidney joined London Irish in March 2018 as technical consultant. The roles reunited Kidney with Les Kiss who was appointed head coach on the same day.[23] He later became Director of Rugby on 22 May 2018 following the resignation of Nick Kennedy.[24]
^Kidney Confirmed as Manager of the year 29 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine Irish Rugby, 8 December 2006
^"2008 Heineken Cup final". BBC Sport. 24 May 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2009.
^"2009 Six Nations". BBC Sport. 22 March 2009. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
^"IRB awards for McCaw, South Africa & Kidney". BBC Sport. 28 November 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
^Kidney named Phillips Manager of the Year 13 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine, RTÉ Sport, 9 December 2009
^"Major opportunity lost as superb Welsh slam door shut". Irish Independent. 10 October 2011. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
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Declan Kidney born 20 October 1959 is an Irish rugby union coach He was the head coach of the Ireland national rugby union team from 2008 to 2013 where he won the 2009 Six Nations with a Grand Slam winning the 2009 IRB Coach of the Year award 1 2 He was also the head coach at Munster leading them to four Heineken Cup finals winning twice in 2006 and 2008 He was recently Director of Rugby at London Irish Declan KidneyBirth nameDeclan KidneyDate of birth 1959 10 20 20 October 1959 age 64 Place of birthBishopstown Cork IrelandRugby union careerPosition s Director of RugbyCurrent teamLondon IrishAmateur team s YearsTeamApps Points University College CorkDolphin Coaching careerYearsTeam1998 20022002 200420042004 20052005 20082008 20132013 20182018 2023Munster assistant coach Ireland assistant coach Newport Gwent Dragons head coach Leinster head coach Munster head coach Ireland head coach UCC Director of Sport London Irish Director of Rugby Correct as of 6 June 2023 Contents 1 Early life 2 Coaching career 2 1 Youth and professional 2 2 Ireland 2008 2013 2 3 UCC 2 4 London Irish 3 Honours 4 References 5 External linksEarly life editKidney was born in Bishopstown County Cork He played rugby for UCC and later for Dolphin RFC He studied to become an accounting and mathematics teacher 3 in which position he was appointed at Presentation Brothers College Cork and later became the career guidance officer He took on the role of rugby coach at the school where he had initial success as coach of the junior and later senior side 4 Coaching career editYouth and professional edit Following his coaching of the Irish Schools team Kidney coached the Ireland under 19s team which won the FIRA World Cup in 1998 5 After the 1998 Tournament he joined Munster 6 His initial stint at Munster ended in 2002 when he left to become Ireland s assistant coach He was replaced at Munster by Alan Gaffney In the summer of 2004 he became coach at Newport Gwent Dragons However in August 2004 after only 3 months in the job he left to join Leinster 7 He rejoined Munster in 2005 winning the Heineken Cup in his first season back after losing in both 2000 and 2002 in the final 8 9 After this win Kidney was awarded the 2006 Philips Sports Manager of the Year award 10 and on 24 May 2008 his Munster squad won the Heineken Cup once again 11 Ireland 2008 2013 edit He coached the Irish team to the Grand Slam and Triple Crown in 2009 in his first year as head coach 12 In June 2009 coached Ireland Wolfhounds then known as Ireland A to their first Churchill Cup He was awarded the 2009 IRB Coach of the Year 13 He was also awarded the 2009 Phillips Manager of the Year for the third time in four years beating Brian Cody John Oxx and Giovanni Trapattoni to the title 14 Ireland s international fortunes declined after 2009 with a poor string of results which was the antithesis to the success of its provinces Leinster Ulster Connacht and Munster In 2011 Kidney led Ireland to the quarter finals of the 2011 Rugby World Cup at which Ireland recorded their first ever clean sweep of their pool including Ireland s first ever win at a world cup against a major rugby nation Australia A series of poor game management decisions by senior players saw them defeated 22 10 by Wales 15 Ireland suffered their heaviest defeat in history in 2012 going down by 60 0 against New Zealand 16 and by 2013 had slipped to their worst IRB World Ranking of ninth when Ireland suffered a string of injuries to key players the likes of which Ireland has not suffered previously nor suffered since After finishing fifth in the 2013 Six Nations Championship which included an historic loss to Italy the IRFU on 2 April 2013 decided to terminate Kidney s contract 17 18 19 20 Kidney finished with a record of 28 wins 3 draws and 22 defeats 21 UCC edit In August 2013 Kidney was appointed as the Director of Sport and Physical Activity at UCC 22 London Irish edit Kidney joined London Irish in March 2018 as technical consultant The roles reunited Kidney with Les Kiss who was appointed head coach on the same day 23 He later became Director of Rugby on 22 May 2018 following the resignation of Nick Kennedy 24 Honours editMunster Celtic League 1 2002 03 Heineken Cup 2 2005 06 2007 08 Ireland IRB Under 19 Rugby World Championship 1 1998 Churchill Cup 1 2009 Triple Crown 1 2009 Six Nations Championship 1 2009 Grand Slam Individual IRB International Coach of the Year 2009 London Irish RFU Championship 1 2018 19 RFU ChampionshipReferences edit Declan Kidney Confirmed As New Ireland Coach Irish Rugby 7 May 2008 Archived from the original on 10 May 2008 Retrieved 7 May 2008 Ireland appoint Kidney as coach BBC Sport 7 May 2008 Retrieved 7 May 2008 Ireland s coach in waiting This is London 8 April 2008 Archived from the original on 5 May 2013 Retrieved 7 May 2008 The Return of the Prodigal Son redgrouper com October 2005 Archived from the original on 30 May 2008 Retrieved 7 May 2008 New role for Kidney BBC Sport 16 February 2004 Munster Heineken Cup Factfile Archived 29 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine Irish Rugby 4 April 2008 Leinster land Kidney BBC Sport 26 May 2004 Kidney knows it s getting tougher in Heineken Cup Archived 29 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine RTE Sport 30 October 2001 Munster 23 19 Biarritz BBC Sport 20 May 2006 Kidney Confirmed as Manager of the year Archived 29 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine Irish Rugby 8 December 2006 2008 Heineken Cup final BBC Sport 24 May 2008 Retrieved 23 March 2009 2009 Six Nations BBC Sport 22 March 2009 Retrieved 22 March 2009 IRB awards for McCaw South Africa amp Kidney BBC Sport 28 November 2009 Retrieved 30 November 2009 Kidney named Phillips Manager of the Year Archived 13 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine RTE Sport 9 December 2009 Major opportunity lost as superb Welsh slam door shut Irish Independent 10 October 2011 Archived from the original on 5 September 2012 Retrieved 10 October 2011 2012 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand IRFU Announce Decision Not To Offer Declan Kidney New Contract irishrugby ie 2 April 2013 Archived from the original on 5 April 2013 Retrieved 2 April 2013 Declan Kidney sacked as Ireland coach Irish Independent 2 April 2013 Retrieved 4 April 2013 Ewen McKenzie favourite to replace Ireland coach Declan Kidney The Daily Telegraph London 2 April 2013 Retrieved 4 April 2013 Declan Kidney sacked as Ireland rugby union coach BBC Sport 2 April 2013 Retrieved 4 April 2013 Fixtures amp Results Irish Rugby Retrieved 8 February 2021 Declan Kidney appointed Director of Sport at UCC Irish Independent 22 August 2013 Retrieved 22 August 2013 London Irish Coaches Declan Kidney and Les Kiss join Premiership s bottom club BBC Sport 9 March 2018 Retrieved 28 June 2020 Declan Kidney confirmed as director of rugby at London Irish 22nd May 2018 News London Irish 22 May 2018 Retrieved 28 June 2020 External links editBBC Kidney in new IRFU Role Declan Kidney Factfile Archived 5 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Sporting Life Declan Kidney at ESPNscrum Awards Preceded byGraham Henry IRB International Coach of the Year2009 Succeeded byGraham Henry Preceded by nbsp Nick Kennedy London Irish coach2018 Succeeded byincumbent Preceded by nbsp Eddie O Sullivan Ireland rugby coach2008 13 Succeeded byLes Kiss nbsp Preceded by nbsp Alan Gaffney Munster Rugby coach2005 08 Succeeded byTony McGahan nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Declan Kidney amp oldid 1220121830, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
