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Joe Schmidt (rugby union)
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Josef Schmidt HonFRCSI[1] (born 12 September 1965) is a rugby union coach, born in New Zealand, who is the current head coach of the Wallabies.
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Birth name | Josef Schmidt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1965-09-12) 12 September 1965 (age 58) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kawakawa, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schmidt coached Bay of Plenty, and was an assistant coach with the Blues and Clermont Auvergne. He joined Leinster as head coach in 2010, and brought unprecedented success to the province, reaching six finals and winning four trophies in three years.
He was then head coach of Ireland from 2013 to 2019. In six years under his leadership, Ireland won three Six Nations Championships, including a Grand Slam in 2018. Ireland were ranked number 1 in the World Rugby Rankings for the first time in their history in 2019, and recorded their first-ever wins over New Zealand. After leaving Ireland, he served as the attack coach for the All Blacks from 2022 to 2023.