Steve Diamond (rugby union)

Steve Diamond
Full name Stephen Diamond
Date of birth (1969-02-03) 3 February 1969
Place of birth Partington, Lancashire
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 217 lb (15 st 7 lb)
School Broad Oak Secondary School
Occupation(s) Director of Rugby (Sale Sharks)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Hooker
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
-1989 Trafford MV
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1989-2000 Sale Sharks 351 (70)
correct as of 12 December 2013.
Coaching career
Years Club / team
-2001
2002-3
2004-2006
2010-2011
2012-
Sale Sharks
England Saxons
Saracens
Russia
Sale Sharks

Steve Diamond is a rugby union coach currently Director of Rugby at Aviva Premiership club Sale Sharks. Diamond played for his local club Trafford MV before joining Sale Sharks as a player in 1989. He played over 350 top class games for Sale and became a coach of the Sharks in 2001 with former team-mate Jim Mallinder. Diamond then left Sale and began coaching England Saxons for the 2002 and 2003 Churchill Cups again alongside Jim Mallinder. Diamond joined Saracens in 2004 as a coach and was praised with bringing many successful players to the club, but was sacked after two and half years after failing to qualify for the Heineken Cup.[1] In 2007 he teamed up again with Jim Mallinder to head up Northampton Saints recruitment process before accepting the Director of Rugby role for the Russian National Team. In 2010, under Diamond's leadership, Russia qualified for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.[2] Diamond returned to Sale Sharks in January 2011 as Director of Sport[3] before taking over as Director of Rugby in 2012.[4]

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