Mike Brewer (rugby player)
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Michael Robert Brewer is a former New Zealand
rugby union
footballer. He played rugby union
as flanker
or number eight and represented the All Blacks on 32 occasions scoring 1 try and winning 22 and drawing 1 of those games. He played provincial rugby for Otago
and Canterbury
in New Zealand's south Island.
Since his retirement from playing Brewer has become a coach and has coached in Italy and then in Ireland. In August 2008 signed a contract with the Scottish National Rugby Union team
as their forwards coach working, alongside Frank Hadden
the head coach. He quit in May 2009, after missing out on the head coach position when Hadden was dropped. Brewer was technical director for the Flying Fijians National Team ahead of their 2009 European Tour.
He became head coach of Guinness Premiership
side Sale Sharks
in April 2010, taking over from Jason Robinson
. Brewer instigated a number of changes including signing more than ten new players and releasing a similar number. In December, he was sacked as Sale had won just three of their first nine matches of the 2010/11 season. However, he had originally agreed a 3 year club plan which was still in its infancy. http://www.skysports.com/tv_show/story/0,20144,12380_6662538_12380,00.html
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
footballer. He played rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
as flanker
Flanker (rugby union)
A flanker is a position in the sport of rugby union. Flankers play in the forwards, and are generally classified as either blindside, or openside flankers; numbers six and seven respectively. The name comes from their position in a scrum in which they flank each set of forwards...
or number eight and represented the All Blacks on 32 occasions scoring 1 try and winning 22 and drawing 1 of those games. He played provincial rugby for Otago
Otago
Otago is a region of New Zealand in the south of the South Island. The region covers an area of approximately making it the country's second largest region. The population of Otago is...
and Canterbury
Canterbury
Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....
in New Zealand's south Island.
Since his retirement from playing Brewer has become a coach and has coached in Italy and then in Ireland. In August 2008 signed a contract with the Scottish National Rugby Union team
Scotland national rugby union team
The Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...
as their forwards coach working, alongside Frank Hadden
Frank Hadden
Frank Hadden is a Scottish rugby union coach. He is a former head coach of Scotland and Edinburgh Rugby.Hadden replaced Matt Williams and was appointed on 15 September 2005. Hadden coached the Merchiston Castle School 1st XV after being appointed Head of Physical Education at the school in 1983...
the head coach. He quit in May 2009, after missing out on the head coach position when Hadden was dropped. Brewer was technical director for the Flying Fijians National Team ahead of their 2009 European Tour.
He became head coach of Guinness Premiership
Guinness Premiership
The English Premiership, also currently known as the Aviva Premiership because of the league's sponsorship by Aviva, is a professional league competition for rugby union football clubs in the top division of the English rugby system. There are twelve clubs in the Premiership...
side Sale Sharks
Sale Sharks
Sale Sharks are a professional rugby union club who play in England in the Aviva Premiership.The club is an offshoot of Sale FC, which is based at Heywood Road in Sale, Greater Manchester, but Sharks currently play in Stockport at Edgeley Park, ground sharing with Stockport County F.C.Part of the...
in April 2010, taking over from Jason Robinson
Jason Robinson
Jason Thorpe Robinson OBE is an English former international rugby union and rugby league player of the 1990s and 2000s. Playing at wing or fullback, he won fifty-one rugby union international test caps in total for England, and in rugby league he won twelve caps for Great Britain and seven for...
. Brewer instigated a number of changes including signing more than ten new players and releasing a similar number. In December, he was sacked as Sale had won just three of their first nine matches of the 2010/11 season. However, he had originally agreed a 3 year club plan which was still in its infancy. http://www.skysports.com/tv_show/story/0,20144,12380_6662538_12380,00.html