Gordon Macpherson

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Gordon Macpherson
Date of birth (1962-10-09) 9 October 1962 (age 61)
Place of birthGisborne, New Zealand
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight102 kg (225 lb)
SchoolGisborne Boys' High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1993–1997 West of Scotland ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1983–1984
1985–1993		 Poverty Bay
Otago		 14
137		 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1986 New Zealand 1 (0)
Coaching career
Years Team
1993–1997
1996–2003
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005–2009
2011–2014
2015–		 West of Scotland (player-coach)
Glasgow Warriors (Forwards coach)
West of Scotland
Sarasota Exiles
USA Hawks (Asst.)
Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians RFC
Atlanta Renegades

Gordon Macpherson (born 9 October 1962) is a former New Zealand

All Blacks, a test against France in 1986.[1]

He moved from Otago in 1993 to Scotland where he was player-coach for West of Scotland.[2] West of Scotland is an amateur rugby club based in Milngavie, near Glasgow. He was to marry a Scot and settle in Scotland.[3]

He became a forwards coach in Scotland. He became involved in coaching the

Keith Robertson in November 1997.[5] He stayed an assistant coach under subsequent Glasgow Head Coaches Richie Dixon and Kiwi Searancke
.

Macpherson left Glasgow Warriors after Kiwi Searancke was sacked in April 2003. It was felt that the abrasive style that Searancke developed at the professional provincial club caused a rift between players and management.[6]

On leaving the Glasgow club he was appointed as the West of Scotland Head coach in June 2003.[7]

Macpherson then moved to the USA coaching an exile team in Sarasota, Florida in 2004.[8] He was to become the assistant coach to the USA Hawks.[9] The North America 4 rugby union league was replaced in 2009 by the Americas Rugby Championship and the USA Hawks folded.

Macpherson received his All Blacks cap at a ceremony in Gisborne, New Zealand in 2009.[10]

He returned to Scotland and became the new head coach for Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians RFC, another amateur club, for the 2011-12 season.[11] He stepped down from this role in 2014 when GHA announced a younger coaching team headed by former Glasgow Warriors player Peter Jericevich who, at 24, will take on the role as player-coach.[12]

On 7 August 2015 it was announced that Macpherson would be the head coach of Atlanta Renegades in the USA.[13]

References

  1. ^ Knight, Lindsay. "Gordon Macpherson". New Zealand Rugby Museum. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Not a blow to West as Macpherson is let off". Herald Scotland.
  3. ^ "Glasgow Warriors - Nicol and Dixon want a Scottish coach". glasgowwarriors.com.
  4. ^ "HUBCAT: Record".
  5. ISBN 1-84596-062-9
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  6. ^ "Undermined from the beginning, Kiwi was never able to take flight Glasgow will look for Scot after learning the hard way". Herald Scotland.
  7. ^ "Glasgow Warriors - Gordon wants to set the standard". glasgowwarriors.com.
  8. ^ "Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive Search". google.com.
  9. ^ "Gainline.us".
  10. ^ "Rugby: Macpherson to receive All Black cap". odt.co.nz. 2 September 2009.
  11. ^ "GHA Rugby Club - Official Website - Former All Black to coach GHA next season". gharugby.co.uk.
  12. ^ "Getting a head start: Jericevich is coaching at just 24". Herald Scotland.
  13. ^ "atlanta renegades rfc home page". atlantarenegades.com.
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