Chris Whitaker

For the English author of the same name, see Chris Whitaker (author).

Chris Whitaker
Date of birth (1974-10-19) 19 October 1974 (age 50)
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight84 kg (13 st 3 lb)
SchoolSydney Boys High School
Rugby union career
Position(s) scrum-half
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1996–2005 Randwick ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2006–2009 Leinster 59 (25)
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
1997–2006 NSW Waratahs 118 (60)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1998–2005 Australia 31 (10)
Coaching career
Years Team
2016–2018 Montauban (co-head coach)
2018 Sydney Rays
2018–2021 Waratahs (assistant)
2021- Waratahs (interim head coach)

Chris Whitaker (born 19 October 1974) is an Australian professional rugby union coach and former international player. As of 2018 he is head coach of the Sydney Rays in Australia's National Rugby Championship,[2] and the interim head coach of Super Rugby side the New South Wales Waratahs,[3]

Whitaker began his professional playing career in 1997 as a scrum-half for the Waratahs, where he remained for ten seasons. He also played for Australia, but his Test career was constrained for many years by the incumbent scrum-half and captain, George Gregan. As such, he got minimal international game time but was in the match-day squad for many a year. He captained the Wallabies in a World Cup match against Namibia in Adelaide in 2003. In 2006 Whitaker moved to Ireland where he played four seasons for Leinster before hanging up the boots and taking up coaching.

  1. ^ "2001 Australian Wallabies squad - British & Irish Lions Tour". rugby.com.au. Australian Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
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