Phil Mack
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| Date of birth | 18 September 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Victoria, British Columbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Oak Bay Secondary School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Phil Mack (born 18 September 1985 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a rugby union scrum-half who played for the Seattle Seawolves in Major League Rugby (MLR). He was the Seawolves head coach, winning an MLR Championship Shield in 2018. He also plays for the Canada national rugby union team. He is currently an assistant coach for the Pacific Pride rugby team.
He played for Oak bay Scondary school, a historic rugby program in his home town. Phil also played for the BC Bears in Canada.
Professional Rugby Career
[edit]Mack made his debut for Team Canada in 2009 and was part of the Canada squad at the 2015 Rugby World Cup.[1]
In 2013, he signed a short-term contract with the Ospreys.[2][3]
In 2018, Mack signed with the Seattle Seawolves in the inaugural season of Major League Rugby as a player/head coach. He was the starting scrum-half. His team went onto win the first ever MRL Shield trophy in the Championship against the Glendale Raptors.
In 2019, Mack continued his MLR career with the Seawolves as a player and full-time backs coach and won another Shield trophy, becoming a back-to-back champion.
In 2020, Mack played two games for Canada in the Pacific Nations Cup tournament. He started against South Africa in what would be his 59th and final cap for his country. He considered retirement but got another opportunity to coach the Seawolves again.
Although Mack started the season as an assistant coach, the season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and he was let go from the team for next season because of budget cutbacks.
Personal life
[edit]Mack is a member of the Toquaht First Nation.[4] He created Thunder Rugby to promote rugby within the Indigenous community on Vancouver Island.
In 2020, Mack and his wife, Becky welcomed a new baby boy, Tate Joseph, into their family.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile". Official Site 2015 Rugby World Cup. 17 September 2015. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Ospreys sign Phil Mack as emergency scrum-half cover". BBC Sport. 16 September 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ Hamilton, Wawmeesh (14 November 2013). "Nuu-chah-nulth Man To Play Pro Rugby In Wales". Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Phil Mack: Golden in Rugby/committed to First Nations kids back home". Anishinabek News.ca. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Phil Mack eyes next coaching challenge after leaving Seattle". 21 June 2020.
External links
[edit]- Phil Mack at ESPNscrum
- 1985 births
- Living people
- 21st-century First Nations people
- Canada international rugby sevens players
- Canada international rugby union players
- Canadian rugby union players
- Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players for Canada
- Canadian expatriate rugby union players in the United States
- First Nations sportspeople
- Nuu-chah-nulth people
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in rugby sevens
- Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Rugby sevens players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Rugby sevens players at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Rugby union players from Victoria, British Columbia
- Seattle Seawolves players
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Ospreys (rugby union) players
- 2015 Rugby World Cup players
- 2019 Rugby World Cup players
- Rugby union scrum-halves