Photo: National Assembly for Wales / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Warren Gatland is a coach's coach, and I respect that breed enormously. A Hamilton-born hooker who logged a record 140 games for Waikato, he turned a hard-nosed playing career into one of the most decorated coaching résumés in rugby, steering Wales and earning an OBE and later a CBE. What I value here is the through-line: the discipline that made him a one-club workhorse is the same thing that makes great coaches. At 188 centimetres he had the frame, but it's the temperament I notice. I read him as proof that the best leaders in sport usually come up through the trenches first.
Overview
Warren David Gatland (born 17 September 1963) is a New Zealand former rugby union player and the former head coach of the Wales national team. As a player, he was a hooker and was one of Waikato's longest-serving players, playing 140 games for the province – a record at the time.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Warren Gatland
- Name (Japanese)
- ウォーレン・ガットランド
- Reading
- うぉーれん・がっとらんど
- Born
- September 17, 1963 (age 62)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Rabbit
- Origin
- Hamilton, New Zealand
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 188 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- rugby union player / rugby union coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Waikato
Awards & achievements
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- 2020 Commander of the Order of the British Empire
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Rugby union player — see all → · More people from New Zealand →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.