Marty Veale

Marty Veale (born 9 August 1977) is a former rugby union player and is assistant coach with Northland in the Bunnings NPC. He played at lock for Northland in the ITM Cup competition. He formerly coached rugby as Head Coach of Rugby New York (RNY), a member of Major League Rugby (MLR)Old Blue R.F.C. in New York and the United States Military Academy at West Point men's team starting in 2015.

Marty Veale
Date of birth (1977-08-09) 9 August 1977
Place of birthNew Zealand
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight112 kg (17 st 9 lb) [1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2006–2008
2009–2011		 Kubota Spears
London Wasps
33
(0)
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
2004–2005
2008, 2011		 North Harbour
Northland		 ()
Coaching career
Years Team
2011–2018 Old Blue RFC (Head Coach)
2015–2018 West Point (Forwards Coach)
2016–2017 United States national rugby union team (Set Piece Coach)
2019 Sunwolves (Scrum Coach)
2019–2021 Rugby New York (Forwards Coach)
2021– Rugby New York (Head Coach)

Playing career

Veale was born in New Zealand, and was descended from William Veale who had emigrated from Ireland and was one of a well known Waterford seafaring family. Veale enjoyed a nomad existence as a player, turning out for sides in his native New Zealand, Japan and America. Before signing for Wasps in February 2009, Veale had most recently spent a season with Northland in the Air New Zealand Cup.

He signed a two-year deal at the end of the year to keep him at Wasps until the end of the 2010–11 season.[2] At the conclusion of his time with Wasps, he returned to New Zealand, signing with Northland for the 2011 ITM Cup.

Coaching career

Following his retirement as a player, Veale signed on as head coach for Old Blue Rugby Football Club, a United States Rugby Super League team and member of the USA Rugby Union. In 2015 Veale began coaching the men's forwards at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.

He was appointed as an assistant coach for the USA Eagles under John Mitchell in 2016. During his time with the national side they won the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship and qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup as Americas 1. He left his position in June 2017.[3][4]

Veale then joined the Sunwolves as scrum coach for the 2019 Super Rugby season.[5] He left the Sunwolves following the conclusion of the season and consulted for the Munakata Sanix Blues in Japan.[6]

He was appointed as forwards coach for Rugby New York in November 2019. Veale was then named as head coach for the 2021 season following the departure of Greg McWilliams.[7] He led Rugby New York to their first MLR Championship during the 2022 season.[8]

References
  1. "London Wasps Marty Veale". web page. London Wasps. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  2. "Beech and Veale sign Wasps deals". BBC. 27 April 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  3. "Coaching staff announced for Americas Rugby Championship". USA Rugby. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  4. "Rugby World Cup qualification secured by Eagles with Canada Day victory". USA Rugby. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  5. "New Zealand's brain drain continues". rugby365.com. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  6. "Rugby United New York Names Marty Veale Forwards Coach". djcoilrugby. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  7. "Bringing the New York Attitude to the Field in 2022". Major League Rugby. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  8. "New York win Major League Rugby championship game against Seattle". the Guardian. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
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