13 Nov 2017

Gordon Tietjens: the highs & lows of rugby sevens

From Nine To Noon, 10:08 am on 13 November 2017

Sir Gordon Tietjen's names is synonymous with rugby sevens. For 20 years he coached the NZ Sevens team, through more than 100 international tournaments, winning four Commonwealth Games gold medals, 12 World Series titles and two sevens World Cup titles. He took New Zealand's first ever Sevens teams to the Rio Olympics last year in search of gold, but the team was plagued by injuries and were knocked out by Fiji at the quarterfinal stage. Shortly afterwards, he resigned from the role and is now coaching the Samoan national sevens team. Sir Gordon talks to Kathryn about the highs and lows of his long career, detailed in his new memoir Legacy.