Jed Rowlands

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Jed Rowlands is a New Zealand rugby union coach. He coached the Black Ferns, the New Zealand women's national rugby team from 2003 to 2006.{{Cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10398906 |publisher=New Zealand Press Association |title=Black Ferns set sights firmly on third World Cup title |date=31 August 2006 }}

Rowlands coached Taranaki in the NPC from 1997 and 1998, he took them to the semifinals in his final year.{{Cite web |date=2002-11-29 |title=Rowlands named new Black Ferns coach |url=https://www.espn.com/rugby/story/_/id/15364159/rowlands-named-new-black-ferns-coach |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}

In 1999, Rowlands coached the Auckland Blues Super Rugby professional side.{{Cite news |first=Wynne |last=Gray |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wynne-gray/news/article.cfm?a_id=23&objectid=10507419 |title=Rugby: Decision on coach bound to surprise |publisher=New Zealand Herald |date=2 May 2008}}{{Cite web |last=Long |first=David |date=2021-12-25 |title=Coaching calamities: Coaches/managers who've had a disastrous time with sports teams |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/127345863/coaching-calamities-coachesmanagers-whove-had-a-disastrous-time-with-sports-teams |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Stuff |language=en}} After finishing ninth at the end of the Super Rugby season, he was released as Blues head coach and as Auckland's coach without ever leading them into a game.{{Cite web |last=Deaker |first=Murray |date=2000-06-30 |title=Rugby: Self-seeking men shafted Rowlands |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/rugby-self-seeking-men-shafted-rowlands/MHQAOYWM2CEOYXQPIUJQ2RQQFE/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}

In November 2002, He was named as the Black Ferns new head coach replacing Darryl Suasua. He coached the Black Ferns to their third Rugby World Cup victory in 2006.{{cite web |url=http://www.rwcwomens.com/history/ |title=Women's Rugby World Cup history |author=IRB |date= |accessdate=10 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718231833/http://www.rwcwomens.com/history/ |archive-date=18 July 2014 |url-status=dead }} He led the Black Ferns to 15 test wins in a row as Head Coach.{{Cite web |last=Julian |first=Adam |date=2022-11-15 |title=Black Ferns by the Numbers at the Rugby World Cup |url=https://www.allblacks.com/news/black-ferns-by-the-numbers-at-the-rugby-world-cup/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=allblacks.com |language=en-NZ}}