Darryl Suasua

Darryl Bill Suasua MNZM (born 6 May 1965) is a New Zealand rugby union coach. He has coached the New Zealand women's national rugby union team and the New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team.

Darryl Suasua

MNZM

Suasua in 2018
Birth name	Darryl Bill Suasua
Date of birth	(1965-05-06) 6 May 1965 (age 60)
Place of birth	Auckland
Rugby union career
Coaching career Years Team 2016–2020 Counties Manukau 2012–2015 Samoa (Backs Assistant Coach) 2008–2009 New Zealand 7s 2000–2002 New Zealand 7s 1996–2002 New Zealand

Coaching career

Suasua was formerly the Head coach of the New Zealand women's national rugby union team, he coached them for seven years in which they won both the 1998 and 2002 Women's Rugby World Cups. They also won the 1996 and 2000 Canada Cups.^[1]

He also coached the New Zealand women's sevens side for the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai. They lost to Australia in the finals 10–15.^[2][3]

Suasua was the Backs Assistant Coach for Samoa under Head Coach Stephen Betham.^[4] He was Head coach of Counties Manukau in the Mitre 10 Cup from 2016 to 2020.

In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, Suasua was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to rugby.^[5]