Sir Gordon Frederick TietjensKNZM (/ˈtɪtʃənz/; born 9 December 1955) is head coach of the Samoa rugby sevens team, and a celebrated former coach of the New Zealand men's national team in rugby sevens, the All Blacks Sevens.[2] When the International Rugby Board inducted him into the IRB Hall of Fame in May 2012, it said that "Tietjens' roll of honour is without peer in Sevens, and perhaps in the Game of Rugby as a whole."[3] According to Spiro Zavos, Tietjens is "The greatest of all the Sevens coaches".[4]
As of his induction, he had coached the All Blacks Sevens to 10 series titles in the IRB Sevens World Series, the Rugby World Cup Sevens crown in 2001, and gold medals in four of the five Commonwealth Games in which the sport had been contested, losing the 2014 final in Glasgow.[3] He has also added two more IRB Sevens series titles (2013 and 2014), and a second Rugby World Cup Sevens crown (also in 2013).
^New Zealand Olympic Committee. "Gordon Tietjens". Retrieved 31 March 2012.
^New Zealand 7s Scrum.com news, 2 February 2010
^ ab"Gordon Tietjens inducted to IRB Hall of Fame" (Press release). International Rugby Board. 13 May 2012. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
^Spiro Zavos (30 November 2015). "SPIRO: Where is the ARU plan to win Sevens Olympic gold in Rio?". The Roar. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
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