Steve Hansen

Sir Stephen William Hansen KNZM[1] and High Chief Of Vaiala,[2] (born 7 May 1959) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former rugby union player.

Sir Steve Hansen KNZM
Hansen in 2020
Born	Stephen William Hansen (1959-05-07) 7 May 1959 Mosgiel, New Zealand
Education	Taieri High School Christchurch Boys' High School
Rugby career
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1980–1987 Canterbury 21 () Teams coached Years Team 1996–2001 1999–2001 2002–2004 2004–2011 2012–2019 Canterbury Crusaders (assistant) Wales New Zealand (assistant) New Zealand

He is the former head coach of the All Blacks, having stepped down at the end of the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

Early life

Hansen was born in Mosgiel, to Desmond and Lauriss Hansen, who were dairy farmers on the Taieri Plain. He was educated at Outram Primary School, The Taieri High School, and Christchurch Boys' High School.[3][4][5] A rugby union centre, he represented Canterbury at first-class level on 21 occasions.[6]

Coaching career

Hansen began his coaching career with the Canterbury provincial rugby union team from 1996 to 2001. During his tenure the side won the National Provincial Championship in 1997 and 2001. In 1999, 2000 and 2001, he was assistant coach to Wayne Smith and then Robbie Deans for the Canterbury Crusaders.

Wales

Hansen was the head coach of the Welsh national team, becoming the ninth Wales coach in 13 years, after Graham Henry parted company with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) in 2002. During his first game in charge, Wales performed well but lost by 37–33 to France. This became a familiar theme during his tenure as coach. Events reached a head during 2003 when for the first time in their history Wales lost every match in the Six Nations Championship and went on to record a streak of 11 consecutive Test match defeats, broken by a defeat of rugby minnows Romania on 27 August 2003, though Hansen was not the coach for this match.[7][8] Hansen resumed his role when he coached Wales during the 2003 Rugby World Cup, in which a strong display against the All Blacks and a spirited quarter final loss against England stopped the criticism of his coaching. He stepped down as Wales head coach in the summer of 2004 after not seeking to renew his contract and was succeeded by Mike Ruddock.

Return to New Zealand

In 2004, Hansen was appointed to the All Blacks as an assistant coach under former mentor Graham Henry. Hansen was considered as a likely candidate to become the next Crusaders coach, starting in the 2009 Super 14 season, after Robbie Deans left to coach Australia, but in fact the Crusaders coaching job went to former All Black Todd Blackadder.

2011

Hansen assisted Graham Henry in coaching the All Blacks to a 2011 Rugby World Cup final win against France, ending a 24-year Rugby World Cup winning drought for the All Blacks. It was tipped that Steve Hansen would take over as head coach of the New Zealand All Blacks when Graham Henry's contract expired at the end of 2011. He was formally appointed on 15 December 2011.[9]

2012

In his first games and series as head coach, Hansen guided the All Blacks to a 3–0 series victory over the Irish during the 2012 tour, with the final game being a record 60–0 defeat for the Irish. On 25 August, the All Blacks under Hansen retained the Bledisloe Cup for a 10th consecutive year after their second match against Australia during the 2012 Rugby Championship. He was named IRB Coach of the Year for 2012. His only defeat as coach in 2012 came against England, a 38–21 loss on 1 December 2012 in the 2012 end-of-year rugby union tests.

In the 2012 Queen's Birthday and Diamond Jubilee Honours, Hansen was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to rugby.[10]

2013

The All Blacks went undefeated in 2013, and Hansen was named IRB coach of the year for the second year running.[11] The All Blacks retained the Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup, and won 14 of 14 matches, becoming the first team to ever do this in the professional era. The team finished the year by winning 24–22 against Ireland in the 2013 end-of-year rugby union tests.[12]

2014

In 2014, having already defeated England 3–0 on their tour, New Zealand lost their first ever Rugby Championship match. On 4 October, they lost to South Africa 27–25 in Johannesburg, while they had also drawn their opening match of the Championship with Australia 12–all.[13][14] Despite this, they retained their title for a third consecutive year. On 1 November 2014, Hansen led the All Blacks to a 74–6 win over the United States in Chicago – this was the first time the All Blacks had visited the States in the professional era, and the first time the USA had hosted them since 1980. Hansen later led the team to a further three victories on their European tour, to see him be named World Rugby coach of the year.

2015

Hansen took the All Blacks to Samoa for the first ever official test match, where the All Blacks won the match 25–16. In a shortened Rugby Championship, the All Blacks failed to retain the title they held for three years. Having beaten Argentina 39–18 and South Africa 27–20, a final match against Australia would see either New Zealand or Australia claim the Championship. For the first time since 2011, Australia beat the All Blacks 27–19. During the 2015 Rugby World Cup, despite some error ridden games in the Pool stage, Hansen led the All Blacks to the top off Pool C with victories over Argentina, 26–16, Namibia 58–14, Georgia 43–10 and Tonga 47–9, before beating France in the quarter-final 62–13 and South Africa 20–18 in the semi-final. They faced Australia in the final, winning 34–17 to become the first team ever to retain the Webb Ellis Cup. He also led the All Blacks to their first ever foreign Rugby World Cup victory. They also became the second team to win on British soil with Australia having won both previous tournaments in 1991 and 1999.[15][16]

2016

The start of the 2016 season saw Hansen call up 7 uncapped players to the squad ahead of their 3-test series with Wales.[17] Hansen was having to deal with the retirements of previous key players in Dan Carter, Richie McCaw, Keven Mealamu, Ma'a Nonu and Conrad Smith, with a guaranteed new mid-field trio needed to be tested. Despite the losses of the retired 5, their replacements, Sam Cane, Aaron Cruden, Ryan Crotty and Malakai Fekitoa, for the first test had already earned 96 caps between them and had been in the All Blacks environment since 2012. In the first test, Wales led the All Blacks 18–15 at the break, however the All Blacks scored 15 points in 5 minutes to lead Wales 32–21, with a final try on the 80th minute to win 39–21. The second test saw the team all tied up after 40 minutes 10–all, but 4 tries in 15 minutes saw New Zealand lead by 26 points heading into the final 10 minutes. 2 late tries by Wales in the closing period of the game saw the game end 36–22 to the All Blacks. Hansen led New Zealand a clean sweep, after New Zealand won the final test 46–6, with a new mid-field trio tested in Beauden Barrett, Ryan Crotty and George Moala. Many new players gained their first cap during the Welsh series including Eliot Dixon and Liam Squire.

On 25 July, Hansen was reappointed as the All Blacks head coach, seeing the role through to the end of the 2019 Rugby World Cup.[18]

During the 2016 Rugby Championship, the All Blacks went onto secure their fourth title in 5 years, becoming the first side in either Rugby Championship or Tri-Nations to secure their title four rounds in. They won all 6 games convincingly, defeating Australia 42–8 and 29–9, Argentina 57–22 and 36–17 and South Africa 41–13 and 57–15. The following Bledisloe Cup game against Australia at Eden Park, saw the All Blacks secure a 37–10 victory, and with it a new Tier One World Record of 18 consecutive victories. This run was ended by a historic first victory by Ireland 40–29, in Chicago. However, Hansen later led the All Blacks to 3 consecutive wins, defeating Italy 68–10 with a team that had over 12 changes. The All Blacks played Ireland again in their third week of the tour, this time, earning a 21–9 victory in Dublin, before going on to win 24–19 against France in Paris.

2017

In 2017, Hansen led the All Blacks into their first test series against the British and Irish Lions since 2005, when Hansen was assistant to Graham Henry. Ahead of the series, he led his side to a convincing 78–0 victory over Samoa in a warm-up in Auckland. The test series against the Lions was highly anticipated in New Zealand, was and expectation of a 3–0 series win for the All Blacks. This expectation looked promising in the first test, where New Zealand ran out 30–15 victors. However, the series was drawn in the second test, with a first home loss for New Zealand since 2009, Hansen's first taste of a loss at home. Center Sonny Bill Williams was shown a red card 24 minutes into the game, giving the Lions the advantage for the rest of the games, an advantage taken to see the Lions win 24–21. The All Blacks had failed to score any tries in the game, something they had not done at home since 2002. The final test saw a controversial call from referee Romain Poite just minutes from full-time, a call that could have seen the All Blacks opt for a penalty kick to see the game as a winners. However, a scrum was called for an accidental offside, and the game ended 15–15, the first drawn test between the two sides.[19] The series ended in a draw for the first ever time against New Zealand.[20]

The start of the 2017 Rugby Championship saw Hansen lead the All Blacks to a comprehensive win over Australia, 54–34 in Sydney. At one point, the All Blacks led the Wallabies 54–6, but conceded four tries in the last thirty minutes of the game. In the second round, New Zealand came from behind (17–0) to see out another victory over Australia 35–29. It was not until the 78th minute however that the game was secure, with Australia leading 29–28 heading into the final minutes of the game. In round three, Hansen made significant changes to his team against Argentina, but despite this, New Zealand still saw out the victory 39–22, even though they were behind at half time. In the fourth round, Hansen brought back his main players for their home game against South Africa. They helped New Zealand to an historic victory, beating South Africa 57–0 in what was their largest ever defeat. Leading into round 5, New Zealand had already secured their fifth Championship title, and wins over Argentina and South Africa away, meant the All Blacks ended the Championship with six out of six wins.

The All Blacks End-of-year tour began with a 23–18 loss to Australia in Bledisloe Cup 3. This was the first loss against Australia since 2015, and the first time since 2011 that the All Blacks had lost multiple test matches. On 4 November, Hansen led an experimental, youthful and inexperienced side to a 31–22 uncapped win over the Barbarians at Twickenham. This was backed up by two wins over France, 38–18 and 28–23 over a French XV side. On 18 November, New Zealand was pushed by Scotland in Edinburgh, going into half time 3–all. Had it not been for a try saving tackle by Beauden Barrett, the game could have ended in a draw to a loss. However, because of Barrett, the game finished in a win 22–17. New Zealand finished their tour with a convincing 33–18 win over Wales in Cardiff.

2018

The start of 2018 saw France tour New Zealand for the first time since 2013. Despite a number of uncapped players in the squad, and without captain Kieran Read, Hansen led his side to a 3–0 series win and retained the Dave Gallaher Trophy for the fifth consecutive time. The series started with a convincing 52–11 win in Auckland, followed by a 26–13 win in Wellington, even with France down a man for 70 minutes after a controversial red card to fullback Benjamin Fall. The series ended in Dunedin, where the All Blacks with a much changed side from the first tests, ran out 49–14 victors. During the 2018 Rugby Championship, Hansen led his side to a 6th Championship title, winning five games. The only loss was to South Africa in the fourth round, 34–36, which saw South Africa record their first win against New Zealand in New Zealand since their 32–29 win in 2009. New Zealand then had the third bledisloe test against Australia where they won 37–20. They started off the Northern tour with a 69–31 win over Japan, they then sneaked past England in a 16–15 win. A week later they went to Dublin to face Ireland in a match they lost 9–16, an historic first win at home over the All Blacks in their history. The last match of the year for the All Blacks was against Italy, which the All Blacks won convincingly 66–3.

2019

The start of 2019 for Hansen saw his side finish third in the Rugby Championship; the first time they have finished in that position since The Rugby Championship inception – the last being during the 2004 Tri Nations Series. The Championship saw a first draw against the Springboks since 1994, followed by a record-levelling defeat at the hands of the Wallabies, 47–26. Despite that score, New Zealand went onto secure the Bledisloe Cup after beating Australia in the return leg 36–0. In the 2019 Rugby World Cup New Zealand topped its pool, defeating eventual champions South Africa, but was comfortably defeated in the semi-final 19-7 by England. New Zealand went on to beat Wales 40-17 in the bronze match.

Coaching statistics

Wales

International Matches as Head Coach

Note: World Rankings Column shows the World Ranking Wales was placed at on the following Monday after each of their matches

Matches (2002–2004)
Matches	Date	Opposition	Venue	Score (Wales–Opponent)	Competition	Captain	World Ranking
2002
1	16 February	France	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	33–37	Six Nations	Scott Quinnell	N/A
2	2 March	Italy	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	44–20			N/A
3	23 March	England	Twickenham Stadium, London	10–50			N/A
4	6 April	Scotland	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	22–27		Colin Charvis	N/A
5	8 June	South Africa	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein	19–34	South Africa test series	Colin Charvis	N/A
6	15 June		Newlands Stadium, Cape Town	8–19			N/A
7	1 November	Romania	Racecourse Ground, Wrexham	40–3	Autumn Internationals	Colin Charvis	N/A
8	9 November	Fiji	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	58–14			N/A
9	16 November	Canada	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	32–21			N/A
10	23 November	New Zealand	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	17–43			N/A
2003
11	15 February	Italy	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	22–30	Six Nations	Colin Charvis	N/A
12	22 February	England	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	9–26		Jonathan Humphreys	N/A
13	8 March	Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	22–30		Martyn Williams	N/A
14	22 March	Ireland	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	24–25		Jonathan Humphreys	N/A
15	29 March	France	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	5–33		Martyn Williams	N/A
16	14 June	Australia	Stadium Australia, Sydney	10–30	Australasia tour	Martyn Williams	N/A
17	21 June	New Zealand	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	3–55			N/A
18	16 August	Ireland	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	12–35	2003 RWC Warm-ups	Gareth Thomas	N/A
19	23 August	England	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	9–43		Stephen Jones	N/A
20	30 August	Scotland	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	23–9		Colin Charvis	N/A
21	12 October	Canada	Telstra Dome, Melbourne, Australia	41–10	2003 Rugby World Cup	Colin Charvis	8th
22	19 October	Tonga	Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australia	27–20		Colin Charvis	8th
23	25 October	Italy	Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australia	27–15		Colin Charvis	8th
24	2 November	New Zealand	Telstra Stadium, Sydney	37–53		Colin Charvis	8th
25	9 November	England	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia	17–28		Colin Charvis	8th
2004
26	14 February	Scotland	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	23–10	Six Nations	Colin Charvis	8th
27	22 February	Ireland	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	15–36		Martyn Williams	8th
28	7 March	France	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	22–29		Colin Charvis	8th
29	20 March	England	Twickenham Stadium, London	21–31			8th
30	27 March	Italy	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	44–10			8th

Record by country

Opponent	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	Win ratio (%)	For	Against
Australia	1	0	0	1	0.00%	10	30
Canada	2	2	0	0	100%	73	31
England	5	0	0	5	0.00%	66	178
Fiji	1	1	0	0	100.00%	58	14
France	3	0	0	3	0.00%	60	99
Ireland	3	0	0	3	0.00%	51	96
Italy	4	3	0	1	75.00%	137	75
New Zealand	3	0	0	3	0.00%	57	151
Romania	1	1	0	0	100.00%	40	3
Scotland	4	2	0	2	50.00%	90	76
South Africa	2	0	0	2	0.00%	27	53
Tonga	1	1	0	0	100%	27	20
TOTAL	30	10	0	20	33.33%	696	826

New Zealand

International matches as Head Coach

Note: World Rankings Column shows the World Ranking New Zealand was placed at on the following Monday after each of their matches

Matches (2012 – 2019)
Matches	Date	Opposition	Venue	Score (NZ–Opponent)	Competition	Captain	World Ranking
2012
1	9 June	Ireland	Eden Park, Auckland	42–10	Ireland test series	Richie McCaw	1st
2	16 June		AMI Stadium, Christchurch	22–19			1st
3	23 June		Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	60–0			1st
4	18 August	Australia	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	27–19	Rugby Championship		1st
5	25 August		Eden Park, Auckland	22–0			1st
6	8 September	Argentina	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	21–5			1st
7	15 September	South Africa	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin	21–11			1st
8	29 September	Argentina	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata	54–15			1st
9	6 October	South Africa	FNB Stadium, Johannesburg	32–16			1st
10	20 October	Australia	Lang Park, Brisbane	18–18	End-of-year tour		1st
11	11 November	Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	51–22			1st
12	17 November	Italy	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	42–10		Kieran Read	1st
13	24 November	Wales	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	33–10		Richie McCaw	1st
14	1 December	England	Twickenham, London	21–38			1st
2013
15	8 June	France	Eden Park, Auckland	23–13	France test series	Kieran Read	1st
16	15 June		AMI Stadium, Christchurch	30–0			1st
17	22 June		Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth	24–9			1st
18	17 August	Australia	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	47–29	Rugby Championship	Richie McCaw	1st
19	24 August		Westpac Stadium, Wellington	27–16			1st
20	7 September	Argentina	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	28–13			1st
21	14 September	South Africa	Eden Park, Auckland	29–15		Kieran Read	1st
22	28 September	Argentina	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata	33–15			1st
23	5 October	South Africa	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg	38–27		Richie McCaw	1st
24	19 October	Australia	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin	41–33	End-of-year tour	Kieran Read	1st
25	2 November	Japan	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo	54–6		Richie McCaw	1st
26	9 November	France	Stade de France, Paris	26–19			1st
27	16 November	England	Twickenham, London	30–22			1st
28	24 November	Ireland	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	24–22			1st
2014
29	7 June	England	Eden Park, Auckland	20–15	England test series	Richie McCaw	1st
30	14 June		Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin	28–27			1st
31	21 June		Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	36–13			1st
32	16 August	Australia	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	12–12	Rugby Championship		1st
33	23 August		Eden Park, Auckland	51–20			1st
34	6 September	Argentina	McLean Park, Napier	28–9			1st
35	13 September	South Africa	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	14–10			1st
36	27 September	Argentina	Estadio Ciudad de La Plata, La Plata	34–13			1st
37	4 October	South Africa	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg	25–27			1st
38	18 October	Australia	Lang Park, Brisbane	29–28	End-of-year tour		1st
39	1 November	United States	Soldier Field, Chicago	74–6		Kieran Read	1st
40	8 November	England	Twickenham, London	24–21		Richie McCaw	1st
41	15 November	Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	24–16			1st
42	22 November	Wales	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	34–16			1st
2015
43	8 July	Samoa	Apia Park, Apia	25–16	Mid-year test	Richie McCaw	1st
44	18 July	Argentina	AMI Stadium, Christchurch	39–18	Rugby Championship		1st
45	25 July	South Africa	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg	27–20			1st
46	8 August	Australia	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	19–27			1st
47	15 August		Eden Park, Auckland	41–13	RWC Warm-ups		1st
48	20 September	Argentina	Wembley Stadium, London	26–16	Rugby World Cup		1st
49	24 September	Namibia	Olympic Stadium, London	58–14		Sam Cane	1st
50	2 October	Georgia	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	43–10		Richie McCaw	1st
51	9 October	Tonga	St James' Park, Newcastle	47–9		Kieran Read	1st
52	17 October	France	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	62–13		Richie McCaw	1st
53	24 October	South Africa	Twickenham Stadium, London	20–18			1st
54	31 October	Australia	Twickenham Stadium, London	34–17			1st
2016
55	11 June	Wales	Eden Park, Auckland	39–21	Wales test series	Kieran Read	1st
56	18 June		Westpac Stadium, Wellington	36–22			1st
57	25 June		Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin	46–6			1st
58	20 August	Australia	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	42–8	Rugby Championship		1st
59	27 August		Westpac Stadium, Wellington	29–9			1st
60	10 September	Argentina	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	57–22			1st
61	17 September	South Africa	AMI Stadium, Christchurch	41–13			1st
62	1 October	Argentina	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires	36–17			1st
63	8 October	South Africa	Kings Park Stadium, Durban	57–15			1st
64	22 October	Australia	Eden Park, Auckland	37–10	End-of-year tour		1st
65	5 November	Ireland	Soldier Field, Chicago	29–40			1st
66	12 November	Italy	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	68–10		Sam Cane	1st
67	19 November	Ireland	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	21–9		Kieran Read	1st
68	26 November	France	Stade de France, Paris	24–19			1st
2017
69	16 June	Samoa	Eden Park, Auckland	78–0	Mid-year test	Ben Smith	1st
70	24 June	British and Irish Lions	Eden Park, Auckland	30–15	British and Irish Lions test series	Kieran Read	1st
71	1 July		Westpac Stadium, Wellington	21–24			1st
72	8 July		Eden Park, Auckland	15–15			1st
73	19 August	Australia	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	54–34	Rugby Championship		1st
74	26 August		Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin	35–29			1st
75	9 September	Argentina	Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth	39–22			1st
76	16 September	South Africa	QBE Stadium, Albany	57–0			1st
77	30 September	Argentina	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires	36–10			1st
78	7 October	South Africa	DHL Newlands, Cape Town	25–24			1st
79	28 October	Australia	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	18–23	End-of-year tour		1st
80	11 November	France	Stade de France, Paris	38–18			1st
81	18 November	Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	22–17			1st
82	25 November	Wales	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	33–18		Sam Whitelock	1st
2018
83	9 June	France	Eden Park, Auckland	52–11	France test series	Sam Whitelock	1st
84	16 June		Westpac Stadium, Wellington	26–13			1st
85	23 June		Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin	49–14			1st
86	18 August	Australia	ANZ Stadium, Sydney	38–13	Rugby Championship	Kieran Read	1st
87	25 August		Eden Park, Auckland	40–12			1st
88	8 September	Argentina	Trafalgar Park, Nelson	46–24			1st
89	15 September	South Africa	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	34–36			1st
90	29 September	Argentina	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires	35–17		Sam Whitelock	1st
91	6 October	South Africa	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria	32–30		Kieran Read	1st
92	27 October	Australia	Nissan Stadium, Yokohama	37–20	End-of-year tour	Kieran Read	1st
93	3 November	Japan	Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo	69–31		Luke Whitelock	1st
94	10 November	England	Twickenham Stadium, London	16–15		Kieran Read	1st
95	17 November	Ireland	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	9–16			1st
96	24 November	Italy	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	66–3	1st
2019
97	20 July	Argentina	Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires	20–16	Rugby Championship	Sam Cane	1st
98	27 July	South Africa	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	16–16		Kieran Read	1st
99	10 August	Australia	Optus Stadium, Perth	26–47			1st
100	17 August		Eden Park, Auckland	36–0	RWC Warm-ups	Kieran Read	2nd
101	7 September	Tonga	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	92–7			2nd
102	21 September	South Africa	Nissan Stadium, Yokohama	23–13	Rugby World Cup	Kieran Read	1st
103	2 October	Canada	Showa Denko Dome Oita, Ōita	63–0			1st
104	6 October	Namibia	Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo	71–9		Sam Whitelock	1st
105	12 October	Italy	Toyota Stadium, Toyota	C–C		N/A	1st
106	19 October	Ireland	Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu	46–14		Kieran Read	1st
107	26 October	England	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan	7–19			3rd
108	1 November	Wales	Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu

Record by country

Opponent	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	Win ratio (%)	For	Against
Argentina	15	15	0	0	100.00	532	232
Australia	23	18	2	3	078.26	760	437
British and Irish Lions	3	1	1	1	033.33	66	54
Canada	1	1	0	0	100.00	63	0
England	8	6	0	2	075.00	182	170
France	10	10	0	0	100.00	354	129
Georgia	1	1	0	0	100.00	43	10
Ireland	9	7	0	2	077.78	299	144
Italy	3	3	0	0	100.00	176	23
Japan	2	2	0	0	100.00	123	37
Namibia	2	2	0	0	100.00	129	23
Samoa	2	2	0	0	100.00	103	16
Scotland	3	3	0	0	100.00	97	55
South Africa	16	13	1	2	081.25	491	291
Tonga	2	2	0	0	100.00	139	16
United States	1	1	0	0	100.00	74	6
Wales	6	6	0	0	100.00	221	93
TOTAL	107	93	4	10	086.92	3852	1736

Honours

• Rugby World Cup
  • Winners: 2015
• The Rugby Championship
  • Winners: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
  • Runners-up: 2015
• Bledisloe Cup
  • Winners: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
• Dave Gallaher Trophy
  • Winners: 2013 (2x), 2016, 2017, 2018
• Freedom Cup
  • Winners: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
• Killik Cup
  • Winners: 2017

• Hillary Shield
  • Winners: 2013, 2014 (2x), 2018
• British and Irish Lions series
  • Winners: 2017 (Drawn series – Shared title)
• World Rugby Coach of the Year
  • Winner: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
• World Rugby Team of the Year (New Zealand)
  • Winners: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
• Laureus World Team of the Year (New Zealand)
  • Winners: 2016

Other honours

New Zealand (as assistant coach)

• World Rugby Team of the Year (New Zealand)
  • Winners: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011
• Rugby World Cup
  • Winners: 2011
• Tri Nations
  • Winners: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
  • Runners-up: 2009, 2011
• Bledisloe Cup
  • Winners: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
• Freedom Cup
  • Winners: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011
• Dave Gallaher Trophy
  • Winners: 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009
• Hillary Shield
  • Winners: 2008, 2009, 2010
• British and Irish Lions series
  • Winners: 2005
• Grand Slam tour
  • Winners: 2005, 2008, 2010

Canterbury

• ITM Cup
  • Winners: 1997, 2001

Crusaders (as assistant coach)

• Super 12
  • Winners: 1999, 2000

Barbarians

• Killik Cup
  • Winners: 2013 (vs Fiji)

See also

• High School Old Boys RFC

References

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External links

• Hansen stands in for Wales
• I'm so proud of you, says old boss Hansen
• Steve Hansen at ESPNscrum

Sporting positions
Preceded by Graham Henry	All Blacks coach 2012–2019	Succeeded by Ian Foster
Awards
Preceded by Dick Tonks	New Zealand's Coach of the Year 2013 2015	Succeeded by Anthony Peden
Preceded by Anthony Peden		Succeeded by Gordon Walker