Wayne Pivac

Who is Wayne Pivac?

Wayne Pivac is a professional rugby union coach, and also a former policeman. Pivac coached Northland to NPC Second Division success in 1997 and earned them promotion to First Division the following year.

Pivac coached Auckland to win the National Provincial Championship in 2002 and again in 2003, as well as the Ranfurly Shield. He was then hired by the Fiji Rugby Union in February 2004 to replace coach Mac McCallion. He coached Fiji to win the Pacific Tri-Nations in his first year as coach and helped coach the Fijian Sevens to win the 2005 Rugby World Cup Sevens.

On 19 January 2007, Pivac quit Fiji Rugby as the Head coach citing family commitments. Following his move from Fiji, Pivac was appointed coach of North Harbour in January. After a disappointing season with North Harbour, Pivac stepped down as coach in 2008 and was replaced by Craig Dowd and Jeff Wilson who were also replaced the next year after a further disappointing season. In 2011, Pivac succeeded Marc Anscombe as the Auckland coach in the ITM Cup.