Tim Lane (rugby union)
Birth name | Timothy Alan Lane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 24 November 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Coonabarabran, NSW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 83 kg (13 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tim Lane (born 24 November 1959, in
Playing career
Lane played either in the centres or at fly-half. He represented Queensland from 1981 to 1987,[1] and also won three caps for the Wallabies in 1985.[2]
Coaching career
He started his coaching career at the Manly club in Sydney where in one season took them to an undefeated premiership. In 1998 he took on the job of an assistant coach for the Wallabies, coaching the back-line during which time the team won the
At the end of the 2000-01 French season he joined the
Lane was appointed head coach of the Georgia national rugby union team in February 2008.[6] Despite achieving good results, he was controversially sacked from the Georgian job in 2010.[7] He then returned to Australia and took up the head coaching position again at Manly for the 2011 Shute Shield season.[8]
Lane was appointed as head coach of
References
- ^ "Queensland Representatives". Wests Bulldogs. 2015. Archived from the original on 1 March 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ "Tim Lane gets first cap at centre against Canada: Wallabies after five in a row". The Canberra Times. 14 June 1985.
- ^ a b "Rugby: Lane to coach Toulon". NZ Herald. 18 January 2007. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
- ^ "Rugby Union: Tim Lane and Jeff Miller named as assistant coaches to Australian rugby union team". The Independent. 22 September 2007. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
- ^ "Tim shown the fast Lane by SA Rugby". Independent Online. 21 May 2003. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
- ^ "Tim Lane's Georgia on brink of RWC finals". The Australian. 23 February 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
- ^ "World Cup - Team Guide: Georgia". Eurosport. 8 September 2011. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ 2011 Sydney Premier Rugby: Round 2 Preview, Waratahs Rugby. 7 April 2011.
- ^ Australian coach Lane sacked by Lyon. SBS. 23 March 2015