Darryl Bill Suasua (born 6 May 1965) is a New Zealand

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coach. He has coached the New Zealand women's national rugby union team and the New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team.

Coaching career

Suasua was formerly the Head coach of the New Zealand women's national rugby union team, he coached them for seven years in which they won both the

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Women's Rugby World Cups. They also won the

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s. He also coached the New Zealand women's sevens side for the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens in

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. They lost to

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in the finals 10–15. Suasua was the Backs Assistant Coach for under Head Coach Stephen Betham. He was Head coach of Counties Manukau in the

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from 2016 to 2020. In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, Suasua was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to rugby.

References

1965 births Living people New Zealand rugby union coaches New Zealand national rugby sevens team coaches Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit Place of birth missing (living people) New Zealand women's national rugby union team coaches {{NewZealand-rugbyunion-bio-stub