Glen Matthew Panoho (born 12 May 1971) is an Australian former

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

international. Panoho, who is of Maori heritage, was born in

Kaikohe Kaikohe is the seat of the Far North District of New Zealand, situated on State Highway 12 about from Auckland, and about from Whangārei. It is the largest inland town and highest community above sea level in the Northland Region. With a pop ...

, New Zealand. He moved to

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

at the age of 12 and attended

Nudgee College St Joseph's Nudgee College (commonly referred to as Nudgee College or simply Nudgee) is an independent Catholic primary and secondary day and boarding school for boys, located in Boondall, a northern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Th ...

, where his father had been recruited to coach rugby. A prop, Panoho was an Australian underage representative and made his

Queensland Reds The Queensland Reds is the rugby union team based in Brisbane for the Australian state of Queensland that competes in the Southern Hemisphere's Super Rugby competition. Prior to 1996, they were a representative team selected from the rugby union ...

debut in 1993. He gained 21 caps for the

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between 1998 and 2003, which included the team's first ever 3–0 series win over the

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, as well as their maiden Tri Nations title. Panoho was coach of the

Sunshine Coast Stingrays The Sunshine Coast Stingrays is an Australian rugby union football team that represents Queensland's Sunshine Coast region. The Stingrays played in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition from 2005 to 2013, but now focus on competing in the Q ...

from 2007 to 2010, before which he coached Japanese club

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for three seasons. He has since joined the construction industry.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Panoho, Glen 1971 births Living people Australian people of Māori descent Australian rugby union players Australia international rugby union players Rugby union players from the Northland Region Rugby union props New Zealand emigrants to Australia New Zealand Māori rugby union players Queensland Reds players People from Kaikohe People educated at St Joseph's College, Nudgee Australian rugby union coaches

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