Chris Malone

This article is about the Australian rugby coach and player. For the North Carolina politician, see Chris Malone (politician). For the Scottish football player, see Christopher Malone. For the Minor League Baseball manager, see Chris Maloney.

Christopher Malone (born 8 January 1978 in Sydney) is an Australian rugby union coach and a former professional player. Malone is currently an assistant coach with the NSW Waratahs. He was previously head coach of Sydney University and the Sydney Stars in Australia's National Rugby Championship.^[2][3] Malone began his rugby career as a fly-half in Sydney's Shute Shield competition and played in the English Premiership for ten years.^[1][2]

Chris Malone

Birth name	Christopher Malone
Date of birth	(1978-01-08) 8 January 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Sydney
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	90 kg (14 st 2 lb)[1]
School	St. Stanislaus' College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Head Coach Sydney University Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) ? Manly () 1999–2001 Sydney University (578) 2001–02 Exeter Chiefs 28 (311) 2002–07 Bath 116 (612) 2003 Bristol (loan) 1 () 2007–09 Harlequins 11 (113) 2009–11 London Irish 42 (254) Correct as of 7 May 2011 International career Years Team Apps (Points) Australia U21 2006 Barbarians 2 (10) Correct as of 28 May 2006 Coaching career Years Team 2014 Sydney Stars 2013–2015 Sydney University Correct as of 30 June 2014

Family and early life

Chris Malone lived his early life in the small town of Coolah, New South Wales.^[1] He attended St. Stanislaus' College in Bathurst from 1990 to 1995.^[4]

Rugby career

In Sydney, Malone started playing for the Manly club. He was selected for the Australian Under 19 and Under 21 representative teams with Mark Bartholomeusz.^[1] In 1999 he joined the Sydney University club as a 21-year-old and played 1st Grade from 1999 to 2001, captaining the club to their first premiership in 29 years in 2001.^[2]

Malone went to England to play for Exeter Chiefs in the Championship for the 2001–02 season.^[5] He then played for five seasons at Bath,^[6] including a brief stint on loan to Bristol. He moved to Hampton in London's south-west in 2007 for two seasons with Harlequins,^[7] and two seasons with London Irish.^[1] Malone was Vice-Chairman of the Rugby Players' Association, and the players' representative for London Irish during his two seasons at the club.^[4]

Coaching

Malone returned to Australia in 2011 after retiring from playing and was appointed the high performance coach of Sydney University before assuming the head coach position for the 2013 season.^[2] In 2014 he was named as the head coach of the Sydney Stars team, formed as a joint venture between Sydney University and Balmain Rugby Club, for the inaugural season of Australia's National Rugby Championship.^[3]

References

1. "Chris Malone player profile". London Irish. 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
2. "Chris Malone head coach". Sydney Uni Rugby. 2014. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
3. "NRC update part 2: NSW Country and the Sydney teams". The Roar. 9 July 2014. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
4. "Chris Malone profile". Linkedin. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
5. Pengelly, Martin (7 April 2007). "Drop-goal king Malone makes switch from Bath to Quins". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
6. "Chris Malone player profile". Bath Rugby. 2007. Archived from the original on 9 November 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
7. "Chris Malone player profile". Harlequins Rugby. 2008. Archived from the original on 7 January 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2014.

External links

• "Chris Malone head coach". Sydney Uni Rugby. 2014. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
• Club Statistics on It's Rugby
• "Chris Malone player profile". London Irish. 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.