Laurie Mains

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Laurie Mains
Personal information
Full name	Laurence William Mains
Date of birth	February 16 1946 ( 1946-02-16) (age 62)
Place of birth	Dunedin, New Zealand
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	78 kg (12 st 4 lb)
School	King's High
Occupation(s)	residential building
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Fullback
All Black No.	697
Clubs
	Southern
Provincial/State sides		Caps	(points)
1967-1976	Otago	115	(967)
National team(s)
1971-1976	All Blacks	15	(153)
Coaching career
1984-1991 1992-1995 2000-2001 2002-2003	Otago All Blacks Cats Highlanders

Laurence William Mains MNZM (born 16 February 1946 in Dunedin, New Zealand) is a former rugby union footballer and coach who represented New Zealand. Mains' representative career started when he first played for Otago in 1967. He made his All Blacks début in 1971, against the British and Irish Lions. His last Test was against Ireland in 1976. Although he toured South Africa in 1976, he played no Test matches.

Mains' coaching career started with Otago, whom he coached for eight years. He was appointed All Blacks coach in 1992, and coached them to the 1995 Rugby World Cup final; where they lost to South Africa.

In 1998, Mains was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to rugby in the annual New Zealand Honours List.^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Laurie Mains at AllBlacks.com
• Laurie Mains - a statistical breakdown of his tenure as All Blacks coach.
• Laurie Mains' Opinion column at Rugby Heaven

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Persondata
NAME	Laurence William Mains
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Laurie Mains
SHORT DESCRIPTION	New Zealand Rugby union footballer and coach.
DATE OF BIRTH	16 February 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dunedin, New Zealand
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH