Brendon Neil Dawson (born

Bulawayo Bulawayo (, ; ) is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and the largest city in the country's Matabeleland region. The city's population is disputed; the 2022 census listed it at 665,940, while the Bulawayo City Council claimed it to be about ...

, 2 September 1967) is a former Zimbabwean rugby union footballer and the former head coach for the

Zimbabwe national rugby union team The Zimbabwe national rugby union team, nicknamed the Sables, represents the Zimbabwe Rugby Union in international competition. While sides representing the colony of Rhodesia have played as early as 1910, the modern day Zimbabwe rugby team di ...

. He played as a flanker. Dawson had 20 caps for

Zimbabwe file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots ...

, from 1990 to 1998, scoring 3 tries, 14 points in aggregate. He was present at the

1991 Rugby World Cup The 1991 Rugby World Cup () was the second edition of the Rugby World Cup, and was jointly hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France: at the time, the five European countries who participated in the Six Nations Championship, Five Na ...

, playing in all the three matches and scoring a try in 55-11 loss to

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

. He took over as head coach of

from Christopher Lampard in 2007 and was replaced in 2015 by Cyprian Madenge, his former assistant coach.

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Brendon Dawson International Statistics
1967 births Living people Rugby union players from Bulawayo Zimbabwean rugby union players Zimbabwean rugby union coaches Rugby union flankers White Zimbabwean sportspeople 1991 Rugby World Cup players Zimbabwe international rugby union players {{Zimbabwe-rugbyunion-bio-stub