Steve Lancaster | |
Full Name: | Stephen Gregory Lancaster |
Birth Date: | 4 February 1971 |
Position: | Lock |
Provinceyears1: | 1993 |
Provinceapps1: | 1 |
Provincepoints1: | 0 |
Provinceyears2: | 1996–00 |
Provinceapps2: | 44 |
Provincepoints2: | 25 |
Superyears1: | 1997–00 |
Superapps1: | 26 |
Superpoints1: | 5 |
Stephen Gregory Lancaster (born 4 February 1971) is a New Zealand former professional rugby union player.
A native of Auckland, Lancaster was a NZ Colts representative lock in 1992 and briefly competed for his home province the following year, before moving down to Canterbury. He was a Crusaders player from 1997 to 2000 and came on off the bench in their 1999 Super 12 grand final win over the Highlanders.[1]
Lancaster was the Crusaders high performance manager between 2006 and 2012, then worked in a similar role with Rugby Canada for two years.[2] [3] He was Head of High Performance at Netball New Zealand in 2015 and 2016, before taking up a position with New Zealand Rugby, where he most recently GM of Community Rugby[4]