Les Kiss was born on 9 December 1964 and is an Australian professional rugby union coach who is the head coach of London Irish in the Gallagher Premiership.
17 Facts About Les Kiss
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Les Kiss is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the Brisbane Rugby League and New South Wales Rugby League and a former professional rugby league coach who was the head coach at the London Broncos in the Super League.
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Les Kiss scored only 29 tries for Norths in his 100 games but despite not being the fastest wing, and with a best haul of 9 tries in a season, he was considered to be one of the best defensive wingers in the Sydney competition.
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Les Kiss was originally from Bundaberg in Queensland, and played his first senior football with the Fortitude Valley Diehards club in the Brisbane Rugby League competition in 1985.
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Les Kiss first gained selection for The Maroons in Game 2 of the 1986 State of Origin series at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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Les Kiss' good form continued for the Bears and he was an easy selection for the 1986 Kangaroo Tour.
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Les Kiss then had a wait of four years before he tasted representative football again.
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Les Kiss was selected for games 1 and 2 of the 1990 Origin series.
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Queensland lost both games and Les Kiss was one of the players dropped for Game 3.
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In what turned out to be a brief representative career, Les Kiss played in 4 games for Queensland and 4 games for Australia scoring a total of 3 Origin and 2 Test tries.
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In 2008, rugby league in Australia's centenary year, Les Kiss was named on the wing of the Bundaberg Rugby League's team of the century.
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Les Kiss worked as an assistant rugby league coach for the London Broncos Super League club and then as joint head coach with former North Sydney teammate Tony Rea.
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Les Kiss was appointed defensive coach with the Ireland under head coach Declan Kidney in 2009, sharing in a triumphant Grand Slam victory that had eluded Ireland for 61 years in his first year in the job.
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Les Kiss resumed his role as defence coach after the tour when Joe Schmidt took over late in 2013.
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On 30 June 2014, Les Kiss became the interim director of rugby at Ulster, following the departures of Mark Anscombe and David Humphreys.
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In January 2018, Les Kiss announced his resignation as Ulster Director of Rugby.
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Les Kiss would become head coach with Kidney appointed technical consultant.