Jamie Joseph

Jamie Joseph
Birth nameJames Whitinui Joseph
Date of birth (1969-11-21) 21 November 1969
Place of birthBlenheim, New Zealand
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight125 kg (276 lb)
SchoolChurch College of New Zealand
UniversityUniversity of Otago
Notable relative(s)Jack Macdonald (great-uncle)
Lynne Macdonald
Hoani MacDonald (cousin)
Leon MacDonald
Occupation(s)Rugby union coach
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker, lock
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1995–2001 Fukuoka Sanix Blues ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1989–1995 Otago 86 ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1991–1994 New Zealand Māori 10
1992–1995 New Zealand 20 (5)
1999 Japan 9 (10)
Coaching career
Years Team
2003–2007 Wellington (Asst. Coach)
2006 Māori All Blacks
2007–2010 Wellington
2010–2012 Māori All Blacks
2010–2016 Highlanders
2015 Barbarians
2016–2023 Japan
2017–2018 Sunwolves
Correct as of 29 September 2017

James Whitinui Joseph (born 21 November 1969) is a New Zealand-born Japanese former rugby union player and current rugby union coach. A flanker, Joseph represented Otago at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1992 to 1995, before representing Japan in 1999. Joseph, now head coach of the Japanese national side, has coached since his retirement, coming through the ranks in New Zealand before his first national stint.