Laurie Mains

{{Short description|New Zealand rugby player (born 1946)}}

{{for|the Australian actor|Laurie Main}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2014}}

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Laurie Mains

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=100%}}

| image =

| caption = Mains in 1970

| birth_name = Laurence William Mains

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|02|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Dunedin, New Zealand

| occupation = Residential building

| spouse =

| children =

| relatives =

| school = King's High School

| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|78|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}

| ru_position = Fullback

| amatyears1 =

| amatteam1 = Southern

| repteam1 = {{nrut|New Zealand}}

| repyears1 = 1971–76

| repcaps1 = 15

| reppoints1 = 153

| province1 = Otago

| provinceyears1 = 1967–76

| provinceapps1 = 115

| provincepoints1 = 967

| coachteams1 = Otago

| coachteams2 = New Zealand

| coachteams3 = Cats

| coachteams4 = Highlanders

| coachyears1 = 1984–91

| coachyears2 = 1992–95

| coachyears3 = 2000–01

| coachyears4 = 2002–03

}}

Laurence William Mains {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=85%}} (born 16 February 1946) is a former rugby union footballer and coach who represented New Zealand. Mains' representative career started when he first played for Otago in 1967. He made his All Blacks début in 1971, against the British and Irish Lions. His last Test was against Ireland in 1976. Although he toured South Africa in 1976, he played no Test matches.

Mains' coaching career started with Otago, whom he coached for eight years. He was appointed All Blacks coach in 1992, and coached them to the 1995 Rugby World Cup final; where they lost to South Africa.

In the 1998 New Year Honours, Mains was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to rugby.{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-1998 |title=New Year honours list 1998 |date=31 December 1997 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=1 September 2019}}

He is the current owner of GJ Gardner Homes in Dunedin, New Zealand, and is an oldboy of King's High School.