Brendon Dawson
Date of birth | August 15, 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Bulawayo, Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 224 lb (102 kg; 16 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brendon Neil Dawson (born Bulawayo, 2 September 1967) is a former Zimbabwean rugby union footballer and the former head coach for the Zimbabwe national rugby union team. He played as a flanker.
Dawson had 20 caps for Zimbabwe, from 1990 to 1998, scoring 3 tries, 14 points in aggregate. He was present at the 1991 Rugby World Cup, playing in all the three matches and scoring a try in 55-11 loss to Ireland.
He took over as head coach of Zimbabwe from Christopher Lampard in 2007 and was replaced in 2015 by Cyprian Madenge, his former assistant coach.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Dawson happy with Sables stint". sundaynews.co.zw. 7 February 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bulawayo
- Zimbabwean rugby union players
- Zimbabwean rugby union coaches
- Rugby union flankers
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