Rugby Sevens - SEAN HORAN

New Zealand
Rugby Sevens
 
Male
Head Coach

Events Entered

Discipline Event Rank
RUG Rugby Sevens Women
CHN
China
 1

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Hangzhou Normal University Cangqian Athletics Field
Women's Pool E
#14
CHN
China
33
KAZ
Kazakhstan
7
Finished
Hangzhou Normal University Cangqian Athletics Field
Women's Pool E
#23
CHN
China
47
THA
Thailand
7
Finished
Hangzhou Normal University Cangqian Athletics Field
Women's Semifinal
#33
CHN
China
33
HKG
Hong Kong, China
0
Finished
Hangzhou Normal University Cangqian Athletics Field
Women's Gold Medal Match
#50
CHN
China
22
JPN
Japan
21
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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He won senior championships in 1994 and 1995 while playing as hooker for Marist St Pats rugby union team in Wellington, New Zealand. The team was coached by his father, Kevin. (rugbygirl, 15 Jan 2012)
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He guided the People's Republic of China women's sevens team to qualification for the 2020 Olympic Games with victory at the 2019 Asian Olympic Qualifier in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. (world, 23 Jan 2020)

He was head coach of the New Zealand women's sevens team that won a silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (world, 23 Jan 2020)

He coached the New Zealand women's sevens team to three consecutive World Series titles, having finished overall winners of the 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 editions. (olympic, 01 Jan 2016)

Under his guidance, the New Zealand women's sevens team claimed the Oceania championship title in 2012 and 2014. (stuff, 15 Mar 2015; oceaniarugby, 04 Aug 2012)

He won the 2013 World Cup in Moscow, Russian Federation, with the New Zealand women's sevens team. (stuff, 04 Mar 2015)
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He was named Coach of the Year at the 2015 Bay of Plenty Sports Awards in New Zealand. (boppoly, 05 Dec 2015)
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2023
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He had a previous spell as head coach of the People's Republic of China women's sevens team from 2019 to 2020. He served as head coach of the New Zealand women's sevens team from 2012 to 2016, and was then appointed coach of the Bay of Plenty men's sevens side in New Zealand in 2018. From 2009 to 2011 he worked as head coach of the Bay of Plenty Steamers men's rugby union team in New Zealand. He has also served as an assistant coach for the Chiefs in Hamilton, New Zealand, and has had resource coaching roles with New Zealand's women's rugby union team.

Additional Information

General
NEW ZEALAND EXPERIENCE
He coached the New Zealand women's sevens team from 2012 to 2016, guiding them to a World Cup title, three consecutive World Series titles, and an Olympic silver medal at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. "I learnt a lot from the New Zealand team. I had never coached women before and I came from a men's environment and it really is a trust factor of a family environment and of having fun in what you are doing and laughing. Females are a little bit different to males as we know, so there are those challenges, and I walked away from Rio thinking what can I do better and what can I learn. It's a different culture [with the Chinese team] and what we are trying to do is, instead of just instilling a New Zealand culture living in China which I don't think would work, we're combining both." (asiarugby, 11 May 2019; nzherald, 09 Jan 2012)
Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event