Clark Laidlaw

Clark Laidlaw earns my admiration as one of sport's quiet architects. A Scottish former player turned coach, he now leads the Hurricanes in Super Rugby and previously steered the New Zealand Sevens before stepping down in 2023. For a Scotsman to be entrusted with leadership in the heart of rugby's spiritual home says everything about the respect he has earned. I am drawn to coaches like him who transmit knowledge rather than chase glory, building trust season by season. These behind-the-scenes strategists rarely get the spotlight, yet they shape the game profoundly, and I think Laidlaw deserves real recognition for it.

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Name (English)

Clark Laidlaw

Name (Japanese)

クラーク・レイドロー

Reading

くらーく・れいどろー

Born

1977

Occupation

rugby union player / rugby union coach / coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Snake

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark%20Laidlaw
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108109395

Tags

• rugby union player
• rugby union coach
• coach

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.