Mick Byrne (Australian footballer and rugby union coach)

Mick Byrne
Birth name	Michael Byrne
Date of birth	2 December 1958
Height	200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
School	St Paul's College, Manly
Rugby union career
Years
Coaching career
Years	Team
2002–2005	Scotland (Skills coach)
2004–2005	Saracens (Skills coach)
2004–2005	New Zealand (Skills coach)
2009–2011	Japan (Assist. Coach)
2012–2014	Auckland Blues (Assist. Coach)
2016–2019	Australia (Assist. Coach)
2020	Austin Gilgronis (Director of Rugby)
2021	Canada women's sevens (Interim Head Coach)
2021–2024	Fijian Drua (Head Coach)
2024–	Fiji (Head Coach)
Original team(s)
Personal information
Original team(s)	North Shore (Sydney)
Height	200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career1
Years	Club
1977–1982	Melbourne
1982–1986	Hawthorn
1987–1989	Sydney Swans
Total
Representative team honours
Years	Team
1988	New South Wales
Coaching career
Years	Club
1991–1993	Sydney (Assistant Coach)
1994–1997	North Shore
1998–2001	NSW-ES Bulldogs
1998–2001	NSW State of Origin
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1989.
Career highlights
	Hawthorn premiership player, 1983; ; 5th in Brownlow Medal, 1983;
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Michael Byrne (born 2 December 1958), nicknamed Mick the Kick, is a former Australian rules footballer and now rugby union coach, who specialises in kicking and team skills. Byrne played with Melbourne, Hawthorn and Sydney in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1977 to 1989, before turning to coaching in the early 1990s. After a career in AFL spanning almost thirty years, Byrne now coaches fully in rugby union, and is currently the head coach of the Fijian national side.