Mark Anscombe

Anscombe is one of five East Coast Bays Rugby 200 game double centurions alongside Ian Coley, Slade McFarland, Wayne Hill and Rhys Bennett.

[citation needed] After playing in New Zealand for 15 years, Anscombe turned his attention to coaching, where he began in 1994 in Dublin.

[citation needed] Ahead of the 2006 Air New Zealand Cup, Anscombe replaced Pollock as head coach at the province, and guided the team to second in Pool A, before being knocked out at the quarter-finals by Otago 56–21.

[citation needed] In March 2008, Anscombe was appointed by the New Zealand Rugby Union as an assistant coach for the inaugural IRB Junior World Championship.

Anscombe and head coach Dave Rennie made a formidable partnership at the "Baby Blacks", guiding the side to consecutive Champions between 2008 and 2010.

[citation needed] During that time, Anscombe coached Auckland in a period that was largely unsuccessful, though narrowly lost out on the final in 2010 after losing to Waikato 38–37.

In 2011, Anscombe replaced Rennie as the head coach of the New Zealand under 20 team, guiding the Baby Blacks to a fourth consecutive title.

[citation needed] In 2012, he was named the new Ulster head coach, replacing Brian McLaughlin who failed to get his contract re-signed.

However, Ulster won all six of their pool games in the 2013–14 Heineken Cup, which included over English and French giants Leicester Tigers and Montpellier.

On 30 June 2014, Anscombe left his position as Ulster Rugby's head coach after two seasons in charge at Ravenhill.

In the other four games, Canada lost 20–6 to Argentina XV, 51–34 to the United States before losing to Uruguay for the first ever time since 2002, 17–13, and a first ever loss to Brazil 24–23.