Steve Lancaster
{{Short description|New Zealand rugby union player (born 1971)}}
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2024}}
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| full_name = Stephen Gregory Lancaster
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| position = Lock
| provinceyears1 = 1993
| province1 = {{rut|Auckland}}
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Stephen Gregory Lancaster (born 4 February 1971) is a New Zealand former professional rugby union player.
Playing career
A native of Auckland, Lancaster was a NZ Colts representative lock in 1992 and briefly competed for his home province the following year, before moving down to Canterbury. He was a Crusaders player from 1997 to 2000 and came on off the bench in their 1999 Super 12 grand final win over the Highlanders.{{cite news |title=Class of '98 set the bar |work=The Press |date=14 July 2018}}
Administration
Lancaster was the Crusaders high performance manager between 2006 and 2012, then worked in a similar role with Rugby Canada for two years.{{cite news |title=Crusaders lose phantom cog Lancaster |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/super-rugby/8053021/Crusaders-lose-phantom-cog-Lancaster |work=Stuff.co.nz |date=10 December 2012}}{{cite news |title=Former Crusaders lock Steve Lancaster handed caretaker role as head of Netball New Zealand |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/netball/81682176/former-crusaders-lock-steve-lancaster-handed-caretaker-role-as-head-of-netball-new-zealand |work=Stuff.co.nz |date=1 July 2016}} He was Head of High Performance at Netball New Zealand in 2015 and 2016, before taking up a position with New Zealand Rugby, where he most recently GM of Community Rugby{{cite news |title=Lancaster returning to rugby |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/308585/lancaster-returning-to-rugby |work=Radio New Zealand |date=13 July 2016 |language=en-nz}}