Martin Haag
{{short description|England international rugby union player}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Martin Haag
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Martin Haag
| birth_date = {{birth date and age |1968|7|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Chelmsford, Essex, England
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=6}}
| weight = 21 st (133 kg)
| position = Lock
| amatyears1 = -1987
| amatteam1 = St Ives
| ru_amclubcaps =
| ru_amclubpoints =
| ru_amupdate =
| repteam1 = England
| repyears1 = 1997
| repcaps1 = 2
| reppoints1 = 0
| ru_ntupdate = 15 July 2012
| years1 = 1987–2001
| years2 = 2001–2003
| years3 = 2003–2004
| clubs1 = Bath Rugby
| clubs2 = Penzance–Newlyn
| clubs3 = Bristol Shoguns
| apps1 = 307
| points1 = 30
| ru_clubupdate = 15 July 2012
| coachyears1 = 2009–2012
| coachteams1 = Bath Rugby
| coachteams2 = Nottingham
| coachyears2 = 2012–2015
| coachteams3 = England U-20s
| coachyears3 = 2016
| school = Penwith Sixth Form College
}}
Martin Haag (born 28 July 1968 in Chelmsford, England) was an English rugby union player who principally played for Bath Rugby and was capped twice by England. In March 2016 he was appointed head coach of the Rugby Football Union's Under 20s team.{{cite news|last=Verdier|first=Nick|title=Martin Haag named new England U20s head coach|newspaper=The Rugby Paper|date=3 March 2016|page=Latest News}}
Playing and coaching career
= Bath Rugby =
His family having moved to Cornwall when he was four years old, Haag was educated at St Ives School and Penwith Sixth Form College and represented England Schools and Cornwall before joining Bath Rugby in 1987. He established a first team place during the 1990–91 Courage League season, capturing the Bath 'Player of the Year' award at the end of the season. Throughout his career, he achieved a reputation as a Sevens star, playing in Bath's victorious Sevens squad which won the Save & Prosper and the Welsh Snelling Sevens, as well as in Malaysia and elsewhere.
Haag won an England B cap against Spain and Ireland B in 1992, and was then selected for the New Zealand tour, winning his third B cap in the second test. A fast player about the field, he was selected for the England 'A's' in 1995/96 and in 1997 for England's tour of Argentina.{{cite news
|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/haag-heads-off-with-high-hopes-1262333.html
|title=Haag heads off with high hopes
|work=The Independent
|date=19 May 1997
|accessdate=30 January 2009
| location=London}} He won his first full cap in the 46–20 victory over Argentina on 31 May 1997 and his second, and ultimately final, cap in the 13–33 defeat the following week.
Haag started for Bath in the victorious 1998 Heineken Cup Final as they defeated Brive.
{{cite news
|url=http://www.epcrugby.com/matchcentre/17106.php
|title=The Third Heineken Cup Final
|publisher=epcrugby.com
|date=31 January 1998
|accessdate=24 February 2017
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026005039/http://www.epcrugby.com/matchcentre/17106.php
|archive-date=26 October 2016
|url-status=dead
}}
He made his 300th appearance for Bath Rugby in the 35–19 Heineken Cup victory over Castres Olympique on 13 January 2001, celebrating the occasion with a try, his 27th for the club.{{cite web
|url=http://www.bathrugby.com/4675.php
|title=Martin Reaches 300 with a Try
|date=15 January 2001
|publisher=Bath Rugby Official Website
|accessdate=28 January 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} In April 2001, with Haag having lost his place to Mark Gabey and Bath also having the resources of Andy Lloyd, Steve Borthwick and new signing Danny Grewcock to call on, the club announced that his services would not be needed for the 2001–2002 season.{{cite news
|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010413/ai_n14381321
|title=Rugby Union: McGeechan's tribute for retiring Fleming
|work=The Independent
|date=13 April 2001
|accessdate=28 January 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}} In total he played 295 times for Bath Rugby with 9 appearances as a substitute before becoming Youth Academy Coach with the club.{{cite web
|url=http://www.bathrugby.com/2336.php
|title=Haag Off To Bristol
|date=18 July 2003
|publisher=Bath Rugby Official Website
|accessdate=28 January 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
= Bristol Rugby =
In July 2003 he joined Bristol Shoguns as first team coach.{{cite web
|url=http://www.bristolrugby.co.uk/1885.php
|title=Haag – First Team Coach
|date=18 July 2003
|publisher=Bristol Rugby Official Website
|accessdate=28 January 2009
}}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
In 2005 he agreed a three-year extension to his contract.{{cite web
|url=http://www.bristolrugby.co.uk/2998.php
|title=Martin Haag signs new three-year contract to stay with Bristol
|date=7 May 2005
|publisher=Bristol Rugby Official Website
|accessdate=28 January 2009
}}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
= Return to Bath, the RFU and back to Bath again=
After leaving Bristol in 2007 he was assistant coach to the England Under 18 side that toured Australia before returning to Bath Rugby in September 2007 and taking up the post of Academy Forwards Coach.{{cite web|url=http://www.bathrugby.com/6528.php |title=Martin Haag Coming Back to Bath |date=13 September 2007 |publisher=Bath Rugby Official Website |accessdate=28 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930142015/http://www.bathrugby.com/6528.php |archivedate=30 September 2008 }} In June 2008 Haag left Bath Rugby to join the Rugby Football Union (RFU) and take up a position as a National Academy Coach. The role saw him involved with the coaching of the England U20 team.{{cite web
|url=http://www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.England_Detail/StoryID/19993
|title=Redman promoted, Haag joins National Academy
|publisher=RFU Official Website
|date=15 May 2008
|accessdate=28 January 2009
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016001203/http://www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.England_Detail/StoryID/19993
|archivedate=16 October 2008
}} In June 2009 he returned to Bath Rugby when he succeeded Mark Bakewell as forwards coach to the senior team.{{cite web
|url=http://www.bathrugby.com/news/7873.php
|title=Haag re-joins Bath as Forwards Coach
|date=23 June 2009
|publisher=Bath Rugby Official Website
|accessdate=10 September 2010
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615184452/http://www.bathrugby.com/news/7873.php
|archivedate=15 June 2011
}}
Haag left Bath when his contract expired at the end of the 2011–2012 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/17663423|title= Martin Haag |accessdate=9 June 2012}}
= Nottingham =
In July 2012 he became head coach at RFU Championship side Nottingham.{{cite news|last=Walrond|first=Nigel|title=South West Round Up|newspaper=Independent (Plymouth)|date=15 July 2012|page=49}} The team finished second in the 2012–13 RFU Championship in his first season at the club.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/22115088|title=Nottingham Rugby: Martin Haag signs new contract |accessdate=26 August 2016}} He held this position until his appointment as the head coach of the RFU's Under 20s team in 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.fifteenrugby.com/england-u20-martin-haag-announced-as-new-england-u20-head-coach/|title=England U20: Martin Haag announced as new England U20s head coach |accessdate=26 August 2016}}
= World Rugby Under 20 Championship 2016 =
Haag was the head coach of the England team that won the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship hosted in England. The team defeated Ireland in the final.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldrugby.org/u20/news/171960|title=England claim U20 Championship 2016 Honours |accessdate=26 August 2016}}
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