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Roderick Ian Macqueen, AM is an Australian former
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coach. He coached
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at the Rugby World Cup, and the Waratahs,
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and
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in the
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competition.


Career

One of Macqueen's first major coaching positions was at the Waratahs, where he was present from 1991 to 1992. In 1992 he was also a selector for the Australian team. He went on to coach the Australian XV in 1995 and again acted as a selector 1994–95. Following the inception of
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, Macqueen became the coach of the
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. Macqueen was appointed the head coach of the Wallabies in September 1997, and would coach them until 2001. He led the Wallabies to victory at the
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in Wales, where they defeated
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in the final, becoming the first nation to ever win the World Cup twice. The following year Australia won the
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for the first time. He retired from the game after guiding the
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to a victory over the highly rated 2001
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side captained by Martin Johnson. He finished his career as the Australian coach with a test match winning record of just below 80%.


Melbourne Rebels

In 2010 Macqueen came out of retirement and was presented as the first coach and director of rugby to the newly formed
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, the fifteenth team in the expanded
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competition. He stepped aside at the end of the
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, and was succeeded by his former assistant
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.


Honours

Macqueen received an
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in 2000, was inducted into the
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in 2001. and was made a
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(AM) in the
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"for service to sport, particularly Rugby Union football as coach of the Australian Wallabies." In 2004 he was awarded the Joe French Award, which recognizes outstanding service to the
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. Macqueen was inducted into the
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in October 2011, alongside all other
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-winning head coaches and captains through the 2007 edition.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macqueen, Rod 1949 births Living people Australian rugby union coaches Australia national rugby union team coaches ACT Brumbies coaches Members of the Order of Australia Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal World Rugby Hall of Fame inductees Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees Melbourne Rebels coaches Place of birth missing (living people)