Steve Lancaster

Stephen Gregory Lancaster (born 4 February 1971) is a New Zealand former professional rugby union player.

Steve Lancaster

Full name	Stephen Gregory Lancaster
Date of birth	(1971-02-04) 4 February 1971 (age 54)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1993 Auckland 1 (0) 1996–00 Canterbury 44 (25) Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 1997–00 Crusaders 26 (5)

Playing career

A native of Auckland, Lancaster was a NZ Colts representative lock in 1992 and briefly competed for his home province the following year, before moving down to Canterbury. He was a Crusaders player from 1997 to 2000 and came on off the bench in their 1999 Super 12 grand final win over the Highlanders.^[1]

Administration

Lancaster was the Crusaders high performance manager between 2006 and 2012, then worked in a similar role with Rugby Canada for two years.^[2][3] He was Head of High Performance at Netball New Zealand in 2015 and 2016, before taking up a position with New Zealand Rugby, where he most recently GM of Community Rugby^[4]