Jamie Joseph

Jamie Joseph

Birth name	James Whitinui Joseph
Date of birth	(1969-11-21) 21 November 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth	Blenheim, New Zealand
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb)
School	Church College of New Zealand
University	University of Otago
Notable relative(s)	Jack Macdonald (great-uncle) Lynne Macdonald Hoani MacDonald (cousin) Leon MacDonald
Occupation(s)	Rugby union coach
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker, lock Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 1995–2001 Fukuoka Sanix Blues () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1989–95 Otago 86 () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1991–94 New Zealand Māori 10 1992–95 New Zealand 20 (5) 1999 Japan 9 (10) Coaching career Years Team 2003–07 Wellington (Asst. Coach) 2006 Māori All Blacks 2007–10 Wellington 2010–12 Māori All Blacks 2010–2016 Highlanders 2015 Barbarians 2016–2023 Japan 2017–2018 Sunwolves Correct as of 29 September 2017

James Whitinui Joseph (born 21 November 1969) is a New Zealand-born Japanese former rugby union player and current rugby union coach. A flanker, Joseph represented Otago at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1992 to 1995,^[1] before representing Japan in 1999. Joseph, now head coach of the Japanese national side, has coached since his retirement, coming through the ranks in New Zealand before his first national stint.