Crystal Kaua Explained

Ru Position:Loose forward, lock
Ru Provinceyears1:2012–2013
Ru Province1:Waikato
Ru Provinceapps1:12
Ru Provincepoints1:0
Ru Provinceyears3:2009
Ru Province3:Auckland
Ru Provinceapps3:7
Ru Provincepoints3:0
Ru Sevensnationalteam1:Aotearoa Māori Sevens
Coachyears1:2013–2015
Coachteams1:Hamilton Girls' High School 7s
Coachyears2:2018–2022
Coachteams2:Mie Pearls 7s
Mie Pearls XVs
Coachyears4:2022
Coachteams4:Chiefs Manawa (assistant coach)
Coachyears5:2023–
Coachteams5:Chiefs Manawa (head coach)

Crystal Kaua (born) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player.

Playing career

Kaua made the Black Ferns sevens and fifteens trial squads,[1] [2] and also played for the Aotearoa Sevens Māori side.[3] [4] She represented Auckland and Waikato in the Farah Palmer Cup.[4] [5]

Coaching career

In 2011, Kaua and two of her New Zealand Māori Sevens teammates and Black Ferns, Victoria Grant and Teresa Te Tamaki, helped the University of Waikato Rugby Club make a comeback.[6]

Kaua and her husband, Brent, led Hamilton Girls' High School to three consecutive Condor Sevens national titles, and also world youth titles in Hawaii and Japan up to the end of 2015. They then moved to Japan in 2018 and coached there for about four years.[7] [8] They coached the Mie Pearls sevens and fifteens teams in Yokkaichi.[7]

2022

Kaua was an assistant coach to Allan Bunting in Chiefs Manawa during their inaugural Super Rugby Aupiki season when they won their maiden title.[3] [9] She was also the Black Ferns Sevens performance analyst and skills coach in 2022.[8] [10] She was the technical advisor for the Bay of Plenty Volcanix in the 2022 Farah Palmer Cup.[11]

Kaua headed the Rawata team during the Black Ferns trial in July ahead of the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup.[12] In September, she was appointed as the new head coach of Chiefs Manawa for the 2023 season.[3] [9] [13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2010-04-09 . Black Ferns get down to business . 2022-12-23 . Scrum Queens . en.
  2. Web site: 2010-04-12 . Black Ferns begin World Cup preparations . 2022-12-23 . www.world.rugby.
  3. Web site: 2022-09-28 . Crystal Kaua named Head Coach of Waitomo Chiefs Manawa . 2022-10-17 . Chiefs . en.
  4. Web site: Kirkness . Luke . 2022-10-26 . 'It's a starting point': First female Super Rugby coaches have big dreams . 2022-12-23 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  5. Web site: Women's Sevens cast net far and wide for squad . 2022-12-23 . www.aucklandrugby.co.nz.
  6. Web site: 2012-04-05 . Varsity team help bring Waikato women’s rugby back to the NPC . 2022-12-23 . www.waikato.ac.nz . en-NZ.
  7. Web site: McFadden . Suzanne . 2022-02-14 . Kaua's goal to become both epic coach and epic mum . 2022-12-23 . Newsroom . en-AU.
  8. Web site: 2022-09-28 . Kaua, Grant to become first female Super Rugby head coaches . 2022-12-23 . 1 News . en.
  9. Web site: 2022-09-27 . Super Rugby Aupiki returns for 2023 with two new coaches . 2022-10-17 . NZ Sports Wire . en-NZ.
  10. Web site: 2022-09-28 . Kaua and Grant to become first female Super Rugby head coaches . 2022-12-23 . RNZ . en-nz.
  11. Web site: Bay of Plenty Volcanix 2022 Farah Palmer Cup Squad announced . 2022-12-23 . www.boprugby.co.nz.
  12. Web site: 2022-07-04 . Black Ferns triallists named . 2022-12-23 . Rugby Heartland . en-US.
  13. News: Powell . Alex . 2022-09-28 . Super Rugby Aupiki: First female coaches appointed for expanded 2023 competition . en . Newshub . 2022-10-16.

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