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Alan Gaffney on Building a Winning Rugby Culture

Former Wallabies and Waratahs coach Alan Gaffney explores what separates good teams from great ones — and how culture, not talent, determines championships.

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Alan Gaffney
Former Wallabies and NSW Waratahs Coach
17 April 2026·4 min read·Originally published April 2016·Edition 4

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Alan Gaffney
Alan Gaffney
Former Wallabies and NSW Waratahs Coach

Alan Gaffney is an Australian rugby union coach with a career spanning more than four decades, including head coaching roles at Munster (where he won back-to-back Celtic League titles), Saracens, and the Australian Under-20s. As backs coach for Ireland and Leinster in 2009, he helped engineer both a Six Nations Grand Slam and a Heineken Cup victory in the same season. He also served as National Elite Programmes Coach for Rugby Australia, mentoring the next generation of coaches within the system.