DRUA PROFILES
■Name: Mick Byrne
Position: Head Coach
Professional Record
■1991-1993: Assistant Coach AFL Sydney Swans
■1994-1997: Head Coach North Shore AFL Club
■1998-2001: Head Coach University NSW-ES AFL Club
■1998-2001: Head Coach NSW AFL State of Origin Team
■1998-2001: Brumbies Consulting Coach
■1998-2000: Wallabies Consulting Coach, including Rugby World Cup 1999
■2001-2001: Springboks Consulting Coach
■2002-2005: Scottish Rugby Union National Team Kicking, Catching and Skills coach
■2004 – 2005: Saracens Skills Coach
■2005 – 2015 – All Blacks Assistant Coach/ National Skills Coach – RWC winner 2011 and 2015 , 5 Tri-Nations titles, 5 Rugby Championships and 11 Bledisloe Cups
■2009-2011: Japan National Team Assistant Coach – 3 Asian Cups Winner (2009-11), Pacific Nations Cup Winner 2011
■2011: RWC Winner – New Zealand
■2012-2014: Auckland Blues Assistant Coach
■2015: RWC Winner – New Zealand
■2013 – 2016: Consulting Coach Canada National Womens 7s – Bronze Medal Winner 2016 Rio Olympics
■2016 – 2019: Wallabies Assistant Coach/National Skills Coach
■2020: (season halted due to COVID) – Director of Rugby Austin Gilgronis MLR team
■2021: Head Coach Canada Women’s Sevens Team Tokyo Olympics ■Name: Nacanieli Cawanibuka
Position: Head of Athletic Performance
Professional Record
Playing Career
■1993 – 1995: Marist Brother’s High School Age Group U16-18
■1996 – 1999: University Rugby
■1999: West Harbor Pirates, Sydney Chute Shield
■2000 – 2003: Nasinu
■2000 – 2001: Fiji 7s (World Sevens Series)
■2000 – 2002: Suva ■2001: Emerging Fiji XV
Coaching Career
■2001 – 2002: Nasinu 7s – Player/Assistant Coach
■2002 – 2005: Marist Brother’s High School First XV
■2004: Fiji President XV U18
■2004: Fiji U18 Schools 7s – Commonwealth Youth Games, Melbourne
S&C Head Coaching Roles
■2007 – 2017: Flying Fijians (2 Rugby World Cups, 50 Test Matches, 3 Northern Tour Campaigns, 6 PNC Campaigns)
■2007 – 2021: Fiji 7s (4 World Series Titles, 2 Olympic Golds, 2 SPG Gold, 1 Commonwealth Games Silver, 21World Sevens Series Tournaments, 3 Oceania Gold)
■2008 – 2021: Fiji Rugby High Performance Head of Strength & Conditioning
Sports Consultancy (2009 – 2021)
■Educator/ Trainer World Rugby – Strength & Conditioning
■Ocea■ia National Olympic Committee – Oceania Sports Education Program
■Fiji Amateur Sports Association National Olympic Committee – High Performance Commission
FRU MEDIA