Sir Stephen William Hansen and High Chief Of Vaiala, was born on 7 May 1959 and is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player.
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18 Facts About Steve Hansen
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Steve Hansen is the father of Black Ferns assistant coach, Whitney Hansen.
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Steve Hansen was the head coach of the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks, from 2012 to 2019, and won the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
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Steve Hansen stepped down at the end of the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
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Steve Hansen was born in Mosgiel, to Desmond and Lauriss Steve Hansen, who were dairy farmers on the Taieri Plain.
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Steve Hansen was educated at Outram Primary School, The Taieri High School, and Christchurch Boys' High School.
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Steve Hansen spent six years in the New Zealand Police, working at the Hornby Police Station where he met his first wife.
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Steve Hansen began his coaching career with the Canterbury provincial rugby union team from 1996 to 2001.
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Steve Hansen resumed charge for another victory over Scotland ahead of the 2003 Rugby World Cup, at which a strong display against New Zealand and a spirited quarter-final loss against England restored some faith in his coaching.
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In 2004, Steve Hansen was appointed to the All Blacks as an assistant coach under Graham Henry.
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Steve Hansen was considered as a likely candidate to become the next Crusaders coach, starting in the 2009 Super 14 season, after Robbie Deans left to coach Australia, but the Crusaders coaching job went to former All Black Todd Blackadder.
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Steve Hansen assisted Graham Henry in coaching New Zealand to a win in the World Cup final against France, ending a 24-year World Cup drought for the All Blacks.
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Steve Hansen took over as head coach of the All Blacks when Graham Henry's contract expired at the end of 2011.
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Steve Hansen was named IRB coach of the year for the second year running.
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Steve Hansen later led the team to a further three victories on their European tour, and was named World Rugby coach of the year.
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Steve Hansen was having to deal with the retirements of previous key players in Dan Carter, Richie McCaw, Keven Mealamu, Ma'a Nonu and Conrad Smith, with a guaranteed new mid-field trio needed to be tested.
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On 25 July, Steve Hansen was reappointed as the All Blacks head coach, seeing the role through to the end of the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
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