Chris Malone

Birth name	Christopher Malone
Date of birth	(1978-01-08) 8 January 1978 (age 47)
Place of birth	Sydney
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	90 kg (14 st 2 lb)[1]
School	St. Stanislaus' College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Head Coach Sydney University Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) ? Manly () 1999–2001 Sydney University (578) 2001–02 Exeter Chiefs 28 (311) 2002–07 Bath 116 (612) 2003 Bristol (loan) 1 () 2007–09 Harlequins 11 (113) 2009–11 London Irish 42 (254) Correct as of 7 May 2011 International career Years Team Apps (Points) Australia U21 2006 Barbarians 2 (10) Correct as of 28 May 2006 Coaching career Years Team 2014 Sydney Stars 2013–2015 Sydney University Correct as of 30 June 2014

Christopher Malone (born 8 January 1978 in Sydney) is an Australian rugby union coach and a former professional player. Malone is currently an assistant coach with the NSW Waratahs. He was previously head coach of Sydney University and the Sydney Stars in Australia's National Rugby Championship.^[2][3] Malone began his rugby career as a fly-half in Sydney's Shute Shield competition and played in the English Premiership for ten years.^[1][2]

Chris Malone lived his early life in the small town of Coolah, New South Wales.^[1] He attended St. Stanislaus' College in Bathurst from 1990 to 1995.^[4]

In Sydney, Malone started playing for the Manly club. He was selected for the Australian Under 19 and Under 21 representative teams with Mark Bartholomeusz.^[1] In 1999 he joined the Sydney University club as a 21-year-old and played 1st Grade from 1999 to 2001, captaining the club to their first premiership in 29 years in 2001.^[2]

Malone went to England to play for Exeter Chiefs in the Championship for the 2001–02 season.^[5] He then played for five seasons at Bath,^[6] including a brief stint on loan to Bristol. He moved to Hampton in London's south-west in 2007 for two seasons with Harlequins,^[7] and two seasons with London Irish.^[1] Malone was Vice-Chairman of the Rugby Players' Association, and the players' representative for London Irish during his two seasons at the club.^[4]

Malone returned to Australia in 2011 after retiring from playing and was appointed the high performance coach of Sydney University before assuming the head coach position for the 2013 season.^[2] In 2014 he was named as the head coach of the Sydney Stars team, formed as a joint venture between Sydney University and Balmain Rugby Club, for the inaugural season of Australia's National Rugby Championship.^[3]

• "Chris Malone head coach". Sydney Uni Rugby. 2014. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
• Club Statistics on It's Rugby
• "Chris Malone player profile". London Irish. 2011. Archived from the original on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.