Nick Mallett

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Nick Mallett
Birth nameNicholas Vivian Haward Mallett
Grahamstown
UniversityUniversity of Cape Town
University of Oxford
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Number eight
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1977
1979-1980
1980-1985
1982-1983
1985-1990
1990–1992
Boulogne-Billancourt
 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1984 South Africa 2 (4)
Coaching career
Years Team
1984-1985
1985-1990
1994-1995
1995-1996
1996-1997
1997-2000
2002-2004
2007-2011
2009
2013
2014
Rugby Rovigo
Saint-Claude
False Bay Rugby Club
Boland Cavaliers
South Africa (assistant coach)
South Africa
Stade Français
Italy
Barbarians
South African Barbarians
World XV
Correct as of 11-16-2011

Nicholas Vivian Haward Mallett

Italy's rugby union team between 2007 and 2011.[5]

Early life

Born on 30 October 1956 in

Western Province
rugby union team.

Playing career

In 1979 Mallett moved back to England to attend

South American Jaguars
.

Test history

No. Opponents Results
(SA 1st)		 Position Tries Dates Venue
1.
South American Jaguars
 32–15
Number 8
 1 20 Oct 1984 Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
2. South American Jaguars 22–13 Number 8 27 Oct 1984 Newlands, Cape Town

Coaching career

The beginning

Mallett once again left South Africa in 1985, this time for France, where he played and coached rugby for seven years until 1992 before eventually returning to South Africa in 1994 and taking a job as Head of the False Bay Rugby Club until 1995.

Between 1995 and 1996, Mallett took up the role of head coach of the Boland Cavaliers before being appointed assistant coach to the Springboks in 1996 and finally getting the job of Springbok Coach in 1997.

Coach of Springboks (1997–2000)

Between August 1997 and December 1998, under Mallett's guidance, the Springboks went on a record winning streak of 17 consecutive test wins. As part of the unbeaten run the Springboks won the

Tri Nations Series undefeated and beat several teams by record margins, including a 52–10 against France in Paris, a 68–10 win over Scotland in Edinburgh, a 33–0 defeat of Ireland and a 96–13 against Wales. The run ended when the Springbok team was defeated by England at Twickenham
at the end of a long tour on 5 December 1998.

The relationship between Mallet and

semi-final by eventual winners Australia. Despite his team's relatively mediocre results of 8 wins and 5 losses in 1999, the Springboks still managed to break more records, beating Italy 101–0 and England in the quarter-final 44–21, with Jannie de Beer
kicking a world-record five drop goals in that game.

In 2000, Mallett accused the South Africa Rugby Football Union (SARFU) of "greed" for selling Tri-Nations championship tickets at inflated prices.[8] He had alienated the SARFU executive, and on 27 September he resigned as national coach at the start of a disciplinary hearing began into allegations that his comments had brought the game into disrepute.[9] Some fans, upset by how he had treated Teichman and his team's sudden poor performance, were also keen to see him go.[10]

In spite of his team's relatively poor performance and the internal strife that marred his final years as coach, Mallett remains one of South Africa's most successful coaches ever, having won 27 of the 38 tests played under his guidance and rewriting the record books several times[11]

Stade Français (2002–04)

Mallett moved back to France as coach for the Paris club

Western Province. Initially there was speculation[citation needed] that he might coach the Springbok team again, but those rumours were quashed by the appointment of Jake White
as the new South African coach.

Mallet was linked with the position of England coach after the coerced resignation of

Brian Ashton.[13] In 2007 Mallett became coach of Italy
.

Italy (2007–11)

On 3 October 2007, Mallett replaced Frenchman Pierre Berbizier as "CT" ("Technical Commissioner", i.e. coach) of the Italy national rugby union team. His Six Nations debut was fairly impressive; Italy were defeated by Ireland 11–16 in the first game, but came close to victory against Jonny Wilkinson's England team.[14] Italy lost also against Wales and France. In those matches he gave Andrea Marcato and Alberto Sgarbi their debuts'. In the final game, Mallett's team beat Scotland 23–20, thanks to Marcato's late drop goal. However, Italy won the wooden spoon because their points difference was worse than Scotland's.

During the summer test matches, he got a good result against South Africa, the world champions at the time, in Cape Town, despite Italy losing 0–26.[15] In Córdoba Italy beat Argentina for the first time thanks to Leonardo Ghiraldini's try and a late penalty by Marcato.

He also coached the Barbarians against the All Blacks in December 2009 with the 'Baa-Baas' winning 25–18.[16] In 2010 Mallet coached the Barbarians to victory over South Africa.

In the 2010 Six Nations, Mallett guided Italy to a 16–12 win against Scotland. Despite this victory, Italy's only win in the competition, they didn't avoid the wooden spoon because Scotland's points difference was just one better. In the 2011 Six Nations Championship Italy beat France by 22–21 in arguably their best victory to date.[17]

Retirement (2011–present)

In November 2011, after the World Cup in New Zealand, Nick Mallett's contract as head coach of Italy expired and he returned to Cape Town with Frenchman

Jacques Brunel taking over the Italy job. Mallett has stated that he wishes to spend time with his family in South Africa, despite being briefly linked to the position as Coach of England following Martin Johnson's[18]
resignation.

References

  1. ^ A Statistical History of Springbok Rugby: Players, Tours, and Matches, Teddy Shnaps, South African Rugby Board, 1989, p. 146
  2. ^ The Complete Book of Springbok Rugby Records, Kobus Smit, Don Nelson, 2007, p. 103
  3. ^ A Statistical History of Springbok Rugby: Players, Tours, and Matches, Teddy Shnaps, South African Rugby Board, 1989, p. 146
  4. ^ The Complete Book of Springbok Rugby Records, Kobus Smit, Don Nelson, 2007, p. 103
  5. ^ L'Italia a un oxfordianoMallet nuovo c.t. azzurro – Gazzetta dello Sport
  6. ^ "Peterhouse Nostalgia - Memories". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  7. ^ "1999 Rugby World Cup Results". RugbyWeek.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2013. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  8. ^ Gallagher, Brendan (21 March 2012). "Former South Africa and Italy coach Nick Mallett brings formidable pedigree to the fight for the England job". The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  9. ^ Gallagher, Brendan (21 March 2012). "Former South Africa and Italy coach Nick Mallett brings formidable pedigree to the fight for the England job". The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  10. ^ Kruger, Pieter (30 August 2000). "South Africa: Mallett Seems On a Road to Nowhere". Business Day. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  11. ^ "SA Rugby Records". SuperSport.com. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Robinson is forced out by England". BBC Sport. 29 November 2006. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  13. ^ Ashton given 'long-term' contract
  14. Gazzetta dello Sport
    (in Italian). Retrieved 5 September 2008.
  15. ^ Brad Morgan (23 June 2008). "Springboks beat Italy in the wet". SouthAfrica.info. Archived from the original on 25 October 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
  16. ^ "Nick Mallett shows Barbarians how to win by playing positive rugby". The Daily Telegraph. 7 December 2009. Archived from the original on 1 February 2023.
  17. ^ "Italy 22 France 21: match report". Daily Telegraph. 12 March 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
  18. ^ "Martin Johnson says quitting England his decision". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 September 2015.

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Italy National Rugby Union Coach
2007-2011 		Succeeded by
Jacques Brunel
Preceded by South Africa National Rugby Union Coach
1997–2000 		Succeeded by
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