John Boe (born 23 November 1955) is a New Zealand former rugby union footballer and a current coach. He played as a centre, before moving to fly-half.
He played forWaikato Colts, but never had a competitive game for theAll Blacks, despite being selected for his tour of France, in 1981.
Boe started his coach career with Waikato Colts, being their head coach from 1995 to 1998. He reached theNPC final in the final season.
Being a member ofNZRFU staff, he was loaned toManu Samoa, in 2000, winning then thePacific Rim Tournament. He also achieved the qualification for the2003 Rugby World Cup finals, where his team won two matches, withUruguay andGeorgia, and had two honourable losses toEngland andSouth Africa, finishing in 3rd place of his group.
He left the Samoa Squad soon after, being thePacific Islanders coach for 2004.
Boe was the head coach ofEast Coast Aces for the Australian Rugby Championship in 2007.
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