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Dave Rennie (born 22 November 1963 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand / Cook Islands rugby union player and now coach. He coaches Glasgow Warriors in Scotland. He previously coached New Zealand sides:- the Chiefs, Manawatu, Wellington and the New Zealand U20s. Rennie played at Centre.
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- Dave rennie backline attack
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- Amateur career
- Professional career
- International career
- Upper Hutt
- Wellington Lions
- Hurricanes
- New Zealand Academy
- Manawatu
- New Zealand U20
- Chiefs
- Glasgow Warriors
- Teaching career
- Bar manager career
- Hobbies
- References
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Amateur career
Rennie played with Upper Hutt RFC in Wellington, New Zealand. He finished playing early at 27 due to a recurring shoulder injury.
Professional career
Rennie played with the Wellington Lions. He won the NPC title with the Lions in 1986. Later as Head Coach he guided the team to their next NPC title 14 years later in 2000.
International career
Rennie's mother was from Rarotonga, the most populated of the Cook Islands, and thus Rennie was eligible for the Cook Islands national rugby union team.
He played for the Cook Islands national rugby union team for one game in 1990, but it was a non-capped match.
Upper Hutt
After playing for the amateur side Rennie then coached Upper Hutt RFC.
Wellington Lions
He became the Assistant Coach of the Lions in 1999 before becoming the Head Coach of Wellington in 2000. In his first year as the head coach, led the Wellington Lions to their first NPC title since 1986. He stayed with the Lions until 2002.
Hurricanes
Rennie became first the U23 Head Coach and then the Assistant Coach of the Hurricanes.
New Zealand Academy
Rennie coached at the New Zealand international academy.
Manawatu
Originally a short term contract, Rennie was the coach of the Manawatu in the ITM Cup from 2005 to 2011. Under Rennie the Turbos were Championship Runner-up in the 2011 ITM Cup.
New Zealand U20
Rennie was coach of the New Zealand national under-20 rugby union team, under whom the team won three consecutive World titles from 2008 to 2010.
Chiefs
He joined the Chiefs for the 2012 season and led them to their first ever Super Rugby title. In doing so Rennie became the first first-year Super Rugby coach to win a Super Rugby title
The day of the final itself proved highly eventful. As Rennie guided the Chiefs to a 37-6 win over the Sharks, his house was robbed and valuables were stolen. A similar opportunist theft had occurred to Chiefs player Sonny Bill Williams several weeks earlier.
He coached the Chiefs to their second straight Super Rugby title in the 2013 season, beating the Brumbies by 27-22.
Glasgow Warriors
On 19 August 2016 Glasgow Warriors announced that Rennie would replace Gregor Townsend as Head Coach for the 2017-18 season.
Teaching career
Rennie was a school teacher in Upper Hutt. He taught to 12 and 13 year olds, intermediate between Primary and Secondary education.
In comparing his former job of teaching with coaching rugby union, Rennie said: "Teaching, coaching, it's the same thing. The kids are just a bit bigger."
Bar manager career
While coaching Upper Hutt RFC at amateur level, Rennie owned and ran a pub called the Lonely Goat Herd in Upper Hutt, Wellington.
Hobbies
Rennie plays guitar. He also enjoys landscape gardening.