Derren Witcombe
Derren John Charles Witcombe is an Australian-born New Zealand rugby union coach and former player. As a player, he played at hooker.
He played for the All Blacks, New Zealand's national team, in 2005, and at Super Rugby level for the Blues between 2002 and 2007. Provincially he represented Northland and then Auckland.
He retired from playing in 2007 due to a neck injury. He took up coaching, and was head coach of Northland in the 2013 and 2014 National Provincial Championships before departing suddenly in early 2015 to take up a position at Japanese club Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars.
In February 2017 it was announced Witcombe had signed a contract to return to the Northland province as head coach for the 2017 Mitre 10 Cup.
Witcombe is also an accomplished cricketer. He has played for the Northland province as a wicket keeper/batsman.
