James Stonehouse (born in

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coach who is the head coach of the .

Rugby union

Early career

As a player, Stonehouse played hooker for . During his playing days, he was also a teacher at Hoërskool Ermelo between 1984 and 1997 and achieved success coaching their first team, guiding them to the Quarter Finals of the Director's Trophy in 1992 and to the Semi-Finals of the same competition in 1993. He was also the coach of the 's

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(Under-18) side from 1990 to 1992 and from 1994 to 1997. He joined

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-based secondary school Hoërskool Waterkloof as their Director of Rugby from the start of 1998, guiding them to the high school championship in 2003, the first time in 12 years. He also coached the '

team in 2003 and 2004. During this time, he also coached the Russia Under-19 team that participated at the FIRA European U19 Tournament in France, guiding them to victory in the Plate competition. He also coached the Russia Sevens side as they qualified for the 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens tournament in

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. He was appointed as head coach of the national team, but returned to South Africa shortly afterwards for family reasons. In 2004, Stonehouse joined club side Pretoria Harlequins in the ' Carlton League competition, guiding them to the Semi-Finals in 2006, the first time in 22 years they achieved that feat. He also appointed as '

coach for 2007 and 2008. In 2005 and 2006, he also coached the Blue Bulls' Women's Sevens side and the Women's national Sevens side that won the Africa tournament held in

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Pumas

Stonehouse got his big breakthrough in 2008, when he was appointed as the head coach of the .

Toshiba Brave Lupus

In January 2015, Stonehouse announced his decision to leave the after seven years with the side to join

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ese Top League side Toshiba Brave Lupus in April of the same year.

Representative sides

He also had short spells coaching sides on a short-term basis; he was one of the coaches of the Royal XV that played against the British & Irish Lions during the 2009 British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa, the South African Barbarians (North) side that faced during the 2012 England rugby union tour of South Africa and of the South Africa President's XV side that won the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup.

Bodybuilding

Stonehouse also took part in

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competitions. He won the Mr South Africa competition in 2005 and came sixth in the Mr Universe competition in 2006.

References

Net Worth

Stonehouse currently has a net worth of $1.5 Million (USD) or €1.467 Million (Euros.) {{DEFAULTSORT:Stonehouse, Jimmy South African rugby union coaches Living people Rugby union players from Krugersdorp 1964 births