Sean Lineen

Sean Lineen

Sean Lineen is a notable Scottish rugby player, originally from New Zealand. He was born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1961 in Auckland, the son of rugby player Terry Lineen. Unusually for a foreigner he has been awarded the freedom of the city of Edinburgh.

Player

Sean Lineen from Auckland, New Zealand was the original "kilted Kiwi". He played at rugbycentre 29 times for Scotland, and for Boroughmuir RFC. He was a member of the notable Scottish Grand Slam team of 1990.

In the 1985/6 season he made his first journey to the UK, playing for Pontypool. In October 1988 he came to Scotland and played for Boroughmuir. He qualified for Scotland through his grandfather and made his international debut on 21 January 1989 against Wales at Murrayfield aged 27.

Coach

Following his international career Sean divided his time between coaching Boroughmuir - during which he was involved in both cup and league triumphs - and running the Scottish Rugby magazine. Sean was appointed assistant coach at Glasgow Rugby (now Glasgow Warriors) for the start of the 2003-04 season and became a member of the Scotland national coaching team under Frank Hadden in the summer of 2005, coaching the backs.

On March 28, 2006 he was appointed head coach of Glasgow Warriors. He had applied to be head coach of Edinburgh Gunners but the SRU insisted that the new coach of Edinburgh must already have experience as head coach.

Kilted Kiwis

Other so-called "kilted Kiwis" apart from Sean Lineen have included:
*Brendan Laney
*John Leslie
*Martin Leslie
*Glenn Metcalfe
*Gordon Simpson

External links

* [http://www.scottishrugby.org/sru/corporate-sru/sru-news.cfm?news_uuid=40233A59-B6C4-5032-E131-91DB472C997F Glasgow Warriors announce new head coach] - Scottish Rugby Union official page, March 28, 2006
* [http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/rugby.cfm?id=324612005 Lineen is the logical successor after Williams debacle] - The Scotsman, March 27, 2005
* [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=821 Sean Lineen on Sporting Heroes]


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