Billy Millard
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| Date of birth | 1 January 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Billy Millard is an Australian rugby union coach and current Director of Rugby with Harlequins.[1]
Coaching career
[edit]Harlequins (2018—)
[edit]He has been involved with Harlequins since 2018 having joined the club as Director of Rugby Performance. This responsibility involves overseeing all performance aspects side of the club including the men's, women's and academy sides.[2]
Following the departure of Paul Gustard midway through the 2020-21 Premiership Rugby season, Millard was tasked with overseeing club coaches Jerry Flannery, Nick Evans and Adam Jones.[3] That same year, the quartet of coaches went on to win the English Premiership title, beating Exeter Chiefs 40–38 in the highest scoring Premiership final ever at the time and the first time Harlequins had won the title since 2012.[4]
In summer 2023, Millard's role at the club was changed to Director of Rugby.[5] In April 2024, he oversaw the club's first ever knockout stage victory in the Champions Cup, beating his former side Glasgow Warriors 28-24 in the Round of 16.[6] The following week, he oversaw the club's quarter final victory in the competition, beating Bordeaux Bègles 42-41 away to reach the semi finals of the competition for the first time in the club's history.[7]
Honours
[edit]1999 Burnside RUFC Premiership Title, 2005 Sydney University FC NSW Premiership Title, 2006 Sydney University FC NSW Premiership Title, 2007 Melbourne Rebels Runners Up ARC, 2009 Cardiff Blues EDF Championship, 2010 Cardiff Blues Challenge Cup Championship, 2021 Harlequins FC English Premiership Winners
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Billy Millard Profile". Harlequins. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "HARLEQUINS ANNOUNCE TABAI MATSON TO JOIN COACHING TEAM AHEAD OF NEW SEASON". Premiership Rugby. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "Billy Millard Profile". Harlequins. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "FINAL REVIEW: HARLEQUINS STUN EXETER CHIEFS IN ALL-TIME CLASSIC AT TWICKENHAM". Premiership Rugby. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "Billy Millard Profile". Harlequins. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ Purewal, Nick. "Danny Wilson hails Harlequins composure in nervy win as he relishes Champions Cup quarter-final challenge". The Standard. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ PA. "INVESTEC CHAMPIONS CUP Emotional Billy Millard 'not surprised' as Harlequins pull off big European win". RugbyPass. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
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