Allan Bunting
New Zealand rugby player (born 1975)
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Allan Bunting (born 11 February 1975)[1] is a New Zealand rugby union and sevens coach. He previously coached the Black Ferns sevens and was the inaugural head coach of the Chiefs Manawa in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition.[2][3] He coached the Black Ferns fifteens from 2023 to 2025.
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Playing career
Between 1999 and 2009 Bunting played for the New Zealand sevens team, the Chiefs, the Bay of Plenty Steamers and Tokyo Gas.[4][5]
Coaching career
Bunting was the assistant coach for the Black Ferns Sevens from 2012 to 2016.[4] He has also been the skills coach for the All Blacks Sevens and assistant coach for the Wellington Lions Sevens.[4]
Bunting replaced Sean Horan as head coach of the New Zealand women's sevens team after the 2016 Summer Olympics.[6][4] After taking leave in 2019, he returned and co-coached the team with Cory Sweeney until the Tokyo Olympics.[7] They won gold after defeating France in the Gold medal final.[8] Bunting stepped down as co-coach after the Olympics[9][10][11] and was later appointed as Chiefs Manawa head coach.[5]
In February 2023, Bunting was appointed as the Black Ferns coach through to the 2025 Rugby World Cup in England.[12][13] He replaced Wayne Smith as the Black Ferns Director of Rugby.[13][14] He stepped down as Black Ferns head coach after the World Cup in 2025.[15][16]