Colin Cooper (rugby)

Colin Cooper is the head coach of Taranaki's provincial rugby union side in New Zealand. He has previously been the head coach of rugby union Super 14 side, the Hurricanes. In his playing days, Cooper was also loose forward for the Taranaki province in his native New Zealand.

Management

Following Cooper's retirement from rugby in the early 90s, he took up full time management. In 1999 he became Taranaki coach after Jed Rowlands was appointed to succeed Graham Henry at the Auckland Blues In 2001 he guided the New Zealand Colts side for a season and in 2002 was the assistant coach at the Crusaders.

Following the dismissal of Graham Mourie as Hurricanes coach Cooper was appointed to take over the franchise and came to prominence by guiding them to the semi-finals in two of his three seasons in charge.

In 2005 he also coached one of the All Blacks trial teams and the Junior All Blacks. His greatest achievement to date has been taking his side to the 2006 Final, where they were defeated by 19–12. He signed an extension to his contract in 2007, which will take him through until 2009.

He stepped down as Hurricanes coach following the 2010 Super 14 season.

External links

• Profile on the Hurricane's website
• Contract Extension

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