Darryl Suasua
New Zealand rugby union coach
About Darryl Suasua
Born 1966. Darryl Suasua is a New Zealand rugby union coach.
Darryl Bill Suasua (born 6 May 1965) is a New Zealand rugby union coach. He has coached the New Zealand women's national rugby union team and the New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team.
Coaching career Suasua was formerly the Head coach of the New Zealand women's national rugby union team, he coached them for seven years in which they won both the 1998 and 2002 Women's Rugby World Cups. They also won the 1996 and 2000 Canada Cups.
He also coached the New Zealand women's sevens side for the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai. They lost to Australia in the finals 10–15.
Suasua was the Backs Assistant Coach for under Head Coach Stephen Betham. He was Head coach of Counties Manukau in the Mitre 10 Cup from 2016 to 2020.
In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, Suasua was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to rugby.
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Who is Darryl Suasua?
New Zealand rugby union coach
When was Darryl Suasua born?
Darryl Suasua was born in 1966.
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Darryl Suasua is a rugby union coach.
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Darryl Suasua is New Zealand.
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