Coaches | Chiefs Rugby

Get acquainted with your Gallagher Chiefs Coaching Staff for the 2020 Investec Super Rugby Season. The season's approaching quickly with our first home match on February 8 vs the Crusaders. Members have the chance to meet some of our coaching staff on Member's Day, grab your 2020 membership here.

Warren Gatland

Head Coach

The former Waikato Rugby Union head coach and Chiefs Rugby Club technical advisor has returned to New Zealand to take up the head coaching role for ...

Neil Barnes

Forwards Coach

Barnes will return for his fifth season with the Gallagher Chiefs. The Taranaki dairy farmer brings a wealth of coaching experience having spent ...

Tabai Matson

Defence Coach

Fijian-born Matson made 58 appearances for Canterbury and played 25 games for the Crusaders in the 1990s, before continuing his playing career ...

Roger Randle

Attack Coach

Former All Black, New Zealand Sevens and Gallagher Chiefs player Roger Randle will head the Gallagher Chiefs attack. Randle moved into coaching late ...

David Hill

Assistant Coach

Former Gallagher Chiefs first five-eighth and New Zealand Under 20 Assistant Coach David Hill will join a cohesive coaching team in a skills ...

Nick White

Scrum Coach

Another former player turning his hand to coaching, Nick White, was a prop for Northland, Auckland, the Crusaders, the Highlanders, the Blues and New ...