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{{short description|NZ RL coach and former NZ international rugby league footballer}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name           = David Kidwell
|fullname       = David Leon Peter Jamie Kidwell<ref name="KIDWELL, DAVID LEON PETER JAMIE 1999 - 2000, 2004 - 2006, 2008 - KIWI #679">{{cite web|url=http://nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=K&id=679|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423075202/http://nzleague.co.nz/kiwis/player_profile.php?letter=K&id=679|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 April 2012|title=KIDWELL, DAVID LEON PETER JAMIE 1999 - 2000, 2004 - 2006, 2008 - KIWI #679|publisher=nzleague.co.nz|date=23 April 2012|access-date=1 January 2013}}</ref>
|nickname       = Kid, Kiddy
|image          = DAVID KIDWELL.jpg
|image_size     = 
|caption        = 
|position       = {{rlp|SR|CE}}
|birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1977|04|23|df=yes}}
|birth_place    = [[Christchurch]], [[New Zealand]]
|height         = {{convert|189|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
|weight         = {{convert|108|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
|retired        = yes
|club1          = [[Adelaide Rams]]
|year1start     = 1997
|year1end       = 98
|appearances1   = 16
|tries1         = 2
|goals1         = 0
|fieldgoals1    = 0
|points1        = 8
|club2          = [[Parramatta Eels]]
|year2start     = 1999
|year2end       = 00
|appearances2   = 33
|tries2         = 8
|goals2         = 0
|fieldgoals2    = 0
|points2        = 32
|club3          = [[Warrington Wolves]]
|year3start     = 2001
|year3end       = 02
|appearances3   = 32
|tries3         = 12
|goals3         = 0
|fieldgoals3    = 0
|points3        = 48
|club4          = [[Sydney Roosters]]
|year4start     = 2002
|year4end       = 
|appearances4   = 19
|tries4         = 3
|goals4         = 0
|fieldgoals4    = 0
|points4        = 12
|club5          = [[Melbourne Storm]]
|year5start     = 2003
|year5end       = 06
|appearances5   = 103
|tries5         = 18
|goals5         = 0
|fieldgoals5    = 0
|points5        = 72
|club6          = [[South Sydney Rabbitohs|South Sydney]]
|year6start     = 2007
|year6end       = 09
|appearances6   = 38
|tries6         = 3
|goals6         = 0
|fieldgoals6    = 0
|points6        = 12
|teamA          = [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand]]
|yearAstart     = 1999
|yearAend       = 08
|appearancesA   = 25
|triesA         = 4
|goalsA         = 0
|fieldgoalsA    = 0
|pointsA        = 16
|teamB          = [[New Zealand Māori rugby league team|Aotearoa Māori]]
|yearBstart     = 2000
|yearBend       = 
|appearancesB   = 3
|triesB         = 1
|goalsB         = 0
|fieldgoalsB    = 0
|pointsB        = 4
|coachteamA     = [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand]]
|coachyearAstart= 2016
|coachyearAend  = 18
|coachgamesA    = 11
|coachwinsA     = 4
|coachdrawsA    = 1
|coachlossesA   = 6
|coachteamB     = [[New Zealand Māori rugby league team|Māori All Stars]]
|coachyearBstart= 2020
|coachyearBend  = 22
|coachgamesB    = 3
|coachwinsB     = 2
|coachdrawsB    = 1
|coachlossesB   = 0
|source         = <ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/david-kidwell/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/coaches/david-kidwell/summary.html|title=Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="Pofile at yesterdayshero.com.au">{{cite web|url=http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_David-Kidwell_300015.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810155503/http://www.yesterdayshero.com.au/PlayerProfile_David-Kidwell_300015.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 August 2012|title=Profile at yesterdayshero.com.au|publisher=yesterdayshero.com.au|date=10 August 2012|access-date=1 January 2013}}</ref>
|updated        = 18 November 2017
}}

'''David Kidwell''' (born 23 April 1977) is a professional [[rugby football|rugby]] [[coach (sport)|coach]] who is the defence coach at [[Los Pumas]], the national rugby union team of [[Argentina]], and a former rugby league player. As a player, he represented [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand]] as a member of the [[2005 Rugby League Tri-Nations|2005 Tri-Nations]] and [[2008 Rugby League World Cup|2008 World Cup]] winning New Zealand teams.<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org"/><ref name="Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org"/> He primarily played as a {{rlp|sr}}, though he started his career as a {{rlp|ce}}.

==Background==
Kidwell was born in [[Christchurch]], New Zealand.

==Playing career==
A Hornby Panthers junior in the [[Canterbury Rugby League]] competition, in 1995 Kidwell played in the [[Lion Red Cup]] for the [[Canterbury Country Cardinals]].<ref>''Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1995'', [[New Zealand Rugby League]], 1995. p. 110</ref>

He then joined the [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs]] in 1996 and also made the [[Junior Kiwis|1996 Junior Kiwis]] that year. He made his first grade début on 17 August 1997 in round 17 for the [[Adelaide Rams]] against Canberra at Canberra Stadium. In 1999, Kidwell joined Parramatta and played in the clubs heart breaking preliminary final loss to Melbourne that year where the club was leading 16-6 but lost 18–16. Kidwell was selected for the [[New Zealand national rugby league team|New Zealand team]] to compete in the end of season [[1999 Rugby League Tri-Nations]] tournament. In the final against [[Australia national rugby league team|Australia]] he played from the interchange bench in the Kiwis' 22–20 loss. Between 2001 and 2002, Kidwell played for Warrington in the [[Super League]]. In 2002, Kidwell joined the Sydney Roosters, he played 18 games for the club but missed out on playing in the clubs [[2002 NRL Grand Final]] victory over the [[New Zealand Warriors]].

In 2003, Kidwell joined Melbourne playing a total of 103 games for the club including the [[2006 NRL Grand Final]] where the Storm lost to the Broncos 15–8. In 2006, Kidwell signed a pre-contract agreement to represent the [[South Sydney Rabbitohs]] until 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2020-cameron-smith-book-the-storm-within-melbourne-storm-salary-cap-scandal-david-gallop/news-story/bfad352b8a63cdee9dafaa07cb0b0980|title='Plain wrong': Ex-NRL boss hits back at Smith after Storm skipper slams NRL's handling of cap saga|website=www.foxsports.com.au|date=16 November 2020}}</ref>

In the [[2007 NRL Season|2007 pre-season]], it was announced that Kidwell would be co-captain of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, along with [[Peter Cusack (rugby league footballer)|Peter Cusack]] for 2007.  In April 2007, Kidwell was ruled out for the season after suffering a freak accident at home where he tripped over one of his children and injured his knee.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2007-04-10/kidwell-to-have-scans-on-injured-knee/2238716|title = Kidwell to have scans on injured knee|newspaper = ABC News|date = 9 April 2007}}</ref> 
At the end of 2007 Kidwell was named in the [[Melbourne Storm|Melbourne Storm team of the decade]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.melbournestorm.com.au/default.asp?sec=15&ssec=8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822090855/http://www.melbournestorm.com.au/default.asp?sec=15&ssec=8|archive-date=22 August 2008|title=Melbourne Storm Team of the Decade|access-date=21 July 2007}}</ref>
After failing an alcohol test on 2 May 2008, the South Sydney club stripped Kidwell of his co-captaincy and four others who failed were relegated to the bench for their Sunday match against North Queensland.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Holmes a Court backs Taylor and football department|url=https://www.theroar.com.au/2008/05/02/holmes-a-court-backs-taylor-and-football-department/|access-date=2020-09-16|website=The Roar|language=en-US}}</ref>
Kidwell retired from rugby league at the end of the 2009 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/kidwell-couldnt-resist-chance-to-join-melbourne-20120602-1zojj.html|title = Kidwell couldn't resist chance to join Melbourne|date = 2 June 2012}}</ref>

==Representative career==
Kidwell made his New Zealand début in 1999.
[[File:David Kidwell.JPG|thumb|right|100px|Kidwell playing for the Kiwis at the 2008 RLWC]]
[[File:BENJI MARSHALL & DAVID KIDWELL (3036080554).jpg|thumb|right|500px|Kidwell (right) performing the [[Haka]] for New Zealand in 2008]]
In August 2008, Kidwell was named in the [[2008 Rugby League World Cup squads#New Zealand Māori|New Zealand training squad]] for the [[2008 Rugby League World Cup]],<ref name="Kiwis select Sonny Bill">{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12196_3949034,00.html|title=Kiwis select Sonny Bill|publisher=Sky Sports|date=2008-08-08|access-date=2008-08-08}}</ref> and in October 2008, he was named in the final 24-man [[2008 Rugby League World Cup squads#New Zealand Māori|Kiwi]] squad.<ref name="Kiwis to wait on Webb and Matai">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7656238.stm|title=Kiwis to wait on Webb and Matai|publisher=BBC|date=2008-10-07|access-date=2008-10-07}}</ref>

==Coaching career==
Kidwell was appointed the Rabbitohs [[National Youth Competition (rugby league)|Toyota Cup]] (Under 20s competition) coach for 2010.<ref name="Kidwell named Rabbitohs' under-20s coach">{{cite web|url=http://www.nrl.com/NewsViews/LatestNews/NewsArticle/tabid/10874/newsId/56809/Default.aspx|title=Kidwell named Rabbitohs' under-20s coach|publisher=nrl.com|date=21 September 2009|access-date=1 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405070530/http://www.nrl.com/NewsViews/LatestNews/NewsArticle/tabid/10874/newsId/56809/Default.aspx|archive-date=5 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
They finished minor premiers that year and made the Grand Final, but were defeated 42–28 by the [[National Youth Competition (rugby league)|Under 20s]] [[New Zealand Warriors]]. He later worked as an assistant coach at the [[Melbourne Storm]] under Craig Bellamy. On 16 September 2013 it was announced that he would be joining the [[Wests Tigers]] in 2014 as an assistant coach.

Kidwell joined the [[New Zealand national rugby league team]] as an assistant coach in 2014. After Stephen Kearney left the role of being the head coach of the New Zealand national team in 2016, Kidwell was later appointed as the new Kiwis head coach,
Kidwell oversaw a brief but embarrassing era for New Zealand Rugby League in which they lost two World Cup matches to tier-2 nations, and fluked a draw against another in the 2016 Four Nations tournament.
A series of critical failures in team culture and management led to disappointing results and a mass exodus of players. One notable player to leave the team was Jason Taumololo. Taumololo defected to Tonga, who defeated New Zealand in a World Cup pool match.
Kidwell was replaced by Michael Maguire after failing to make the semi-finals of the 2017 World Cup.<ref>{{cite news 
| title = David Kidwell new Kiwis coach, but will Simon Mannering be his captain?
| publisher = stuff
| date = 2016-09-16
| url = http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/84337806/David-Kidwell-set-to-be-confirmed-as-new-Kiwis-coach
| access-date = 2016-09-16}}</ref>

In 2018, Kidwell was appointed as assistant coach at one of his former clubs The [[Parramatta Eels]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/eels-board-calls-emergency-talks-to-review-nightmare-year-20180606-p4zjuv.html|title=Eels board calls emergency talks to review nightmare year|date=6 June 2018}}</ref>

In May 2022 it was announced that Kidwell had been appointed defensive coach of the Argentina rugby union side, by head coach Michael Cheika.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2022/05/16/cheika-and-argentina-name-david-kidwell-as-pumas-defensive-coordinator.html|title=Cheika and Argentina name David Kidwell as Pumas Defensive Coordinator|date=16 May 2022}}</ref>

=== Kiwis coaching record ===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Opponent
! Played
! Won
! Drew
! Lost
! Win Ratio (%)
|- align=center
| align=left|{{rl|Australia}}
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 00.00
|- align=center
| align=left|{{rl|England}}
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 100.00
|- align=center
| align=left|{{rl|Fiji}}
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 00.00
|- align=center
| align=left|{{rl|Samoa}}
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 100.00
|- align=center
| align=left|{{rl|Scotland}}
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 50.00
|- align=center
| align=left|{{rl|Tonga}}
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 00.00
|- align=center
| '''TOTAL'''
| '''10'''
| '''3'''
| '''1'''
| '''6'''
| '''30.00'''
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050710081715/http://www.melbournestorm.com.au/default.asp?sec=2&ssec=2&pid=8&prid=1&yr=2005 Profile at melbournestorm.com.au]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020302102303/http://warringtonwolves.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=1394&p=2&stid=8042496 Profile at warringtonwolves.rivals.net]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/6538703.stm Freak injury ends Kidwell season]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927013705/http://www.souths.com.au/my_team/player.asp?PlayerID=2529 Profile at souths.com.au]
*[http://www.rabbitohs.com.au/The-Club/Players-2010/David-Kidwell.html Coaching Profile at rabbitohs.com.au]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}

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