Rugby Sevens - SWEENEY Cory

Date of Birth: 8 Mar 1978

Gender: Male

Function : Assistant Coach

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rugby Sevens	Women NZL New Zealand	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Pool A #W06 NZL New Zealand 29 KEN Kenya 7	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Pool A #W11 NZL New Zealand 26 GBR Great Britain 21	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Pool A #W18 NZL New Zealand 33 ROC ROC 0	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Quarter-final #W21 NZL New Zealand 36 ROC ROC 0	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Semi-final #W30 NZL New Zealand 22 FIJ Fiji 17	Finished
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Gold Medal Match #W34 NZL New Zealand 26 FRA France 12	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

He served as caretaker coach of the New Zealand women's rugby sevens team that won the 2018/19 World Series title. He was then co-coach of the team that won the World Series title in 2019/20. (rnz.co.nz, 25 Sep 2019; stuff.co.nz, 08 May 2021)

He was an assistant coach of the New Zealand women's sevens team that won a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, won the 2018 World Cup in San Francisco, CA, United States of America, and won the 2016/17 World Series title. (givealittle.co.nz, 23 Sep 2020)

He was named New Zealand Rugby's Coach of the Year in 2019 and 2020. He shared the awards with co-coach Allan Bunting. (rugbypass.com, 17 Dec 2020; givealittle.co.nz, 23 Sep 2020)

Appointment:

Previous role:

He was an assistant coach of the New Zealand women's sevens team from 2016 to 2018 and served as caretaker coach in 2019. He worked as the regional sevens manager for the New Zealand Rugby Union between January and November 2016. He has also coached the Bay of Plenty team in New Zealand and was the rugby development officer for North Harbour Rugby Union in New Zealand between 2007 and 2011.

General Interest

General
CO-COACH
He is the co-coach of the New Zealand women's sevens team with Allan Bunting. (stuff.co.nz, 08 May 2021)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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