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Craig McGrath (rugby union)

New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 22, 2025
Entity authorityQ44749698 ↗
Source-derived summary

Craig McGrath (born 2 April 1974) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player. He is currently an assistant coach with the Melbourne Rebels, and coach of the Melbourne Rising. His professional playing career spanned five seasons, where he played for Blues, as well as Auckland, North Harbour, and Viadana. His usual playing positions was Scrum-half.

He attended High School at Waitākere College.

Coaching

McGrath worked as coach of Waitemata Rugby and Boyne RFC before becoming the coach of Melbourne Harlequins in 2014. He joined the Rebels as assistant coach in 2015, before being appointed coach of Melbourne Rising from the 2018 season.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Craig McGrath (rugby union)” as new Zealand rugby union footballer and coach. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1974, 2014, 2015, 2018—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1974-04-02. The account is most persuasive where Craig, McGrath and rugby can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as new Zealand rugby union footballer and coach. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 22, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q44749698. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1974, 2014, 2015 and 2018.

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This entry incorporates text from “Craig McGrath (rugby union)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.