John Boe (born 23 November 1955) is a New Zealand former rugby union footballer and a current coach. He played as a centre, before moving to fly-half. He played for Waikato Colts, but never had a competitive game for the

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, despite being selected for his tour of France, in 1981. Boe started his coach career with Waikato Colts, being their head coach from 1995 to 1998. He reached the NPC final in the final season. Being a member of NZRFU staff, he was loaned to

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, in 2000, winning then the Pacific Rim Tournament. He also achieved the qualification for the

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finals, where his team won two matches, with

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and

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, and had two honourable losses to

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and

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, finishing in 3rd place of his group. He left the Samoa Squad soon after, being the Pacific Islanders coach for 2004. Boe was the head coach of East Coast Aces for the Australian Rugby Championship in 2007.

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