Phil Healey is a

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strength and conditioning coach with the

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in Auckland, having previously been with

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. He joined the Glasgow side for the 2017–18 season. Before he was with Glasgow he was previously a strength and conditioning coach for the Chiefs in

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Rugby union coaching career

Healey was the head strength and conditioning coach for

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from 2003 until 2008. He then joined the Chiefs in 2008 and stayed there until 2017. In 2016 the Chief's Head Coach,

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, credited part of the team's success to the strength and conditioning work by Healey and his team. During Healey's time at the Chief's

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's Sport and Leisure Studies students worked as interns with him. He joined

for the 2017–18 season along with Dave Rennie. On 23 October 2018 it was announced that Healey would leave Glasgow Warriors for personal reasons to return home to New Zealand. He will take up a position with

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in Auckland.

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Phil Healey of The Chiefs discusses STATSports ViperConditioning key to Chiefs success
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