Gordon Tietjens, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gordon Tietjens

New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach

Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1955

Place of Birth: Rotorua, Bay of Plenty Region, New Zealand

Profession: rugby union player, rugby union coach, rugby sevens coach

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Sir Gordon Frederick Tietjens (born 9 December 1955) is head coach of the Samoa rugby sevens team, and a celebrated former coach of the New Zealand men's national team in rugby sevens, the All Blacks Sevens.
When the International Rugby Board inducted him into the IRB Hall of Fame in May 2012, it said that "Tietjens' roll of honour is without peer in Sevens, and perhaps in the Game of Rugby as a whole." According to Spiro Zavos, Tietjens is "The greatest of all the Sevens coaches".As of his induction, he had coached the All Blacks Sevens to 10 series titles in the IRB Sevens World Series, the Rugby World Cup Sevens crown in 2001, and gold medals in four of the five Commonwealth Games in which the sport had been contested, losing the 2014 final in Glasgow.
He has also added two more IRB Sevens series titles (2013 and 2014), and a second Rugby World Cup Sevens crown (also in 2013).