{{Use Australian English|date=August 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Zane Hilton | birth_name = Zane Hilton | birth_place = | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|1981|m|d|df=y}} --> {{Birth year and age|1981}} | school = St Joseph's College, Nudgee | ru_position = | ru_currentposition = Head coach Melbourne Rising | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = | points1 = | repyears1 = | repteam1 = | repcaps1 = | reppoints1 = | coachyears1 = 2009–11 | coachyears2 = 2012–13 | coachyears3 = 2014 | coachyears4 = 2015 | coachteams1 = Brothers Old Boys | coachteams2 = Kyuden Voltex | coachteams3 = Canon Eagles | coachteams4 = Melbourne Rising }}
'''Zane Hilton''' (born <!-- dd mmmm --> 1981) is an Australian professional rugby union coach. He is currently an assistant coach of the Super Rugby team the Melbourne Rebels.<ref name = cm-2014/><ref name = smh-2014/> He was appointed as head coach of the Melbourne Rising team in Australia's National Rugby Championship in 2015.<ref name= rebs-2014/>
Hilton began his rugby coaching career as manager of the Regional College for the Queensland Reds from 2002 to 2006.<ref name = linkedin/> He was an assistant coach at Italian club Benetton in Treviso for the 2006–07 season and at University of Queensland for 2007 and 2008.<ref name = cm-2014/> Hilton then joined Brothers for two seasons, winning the Queensland Premier Rugby competition in his first year as head coach in 2009.<ref name = cm-2014/>
He re-located to Japan in 2011 for four years, coaching at Kyuden Voltex and Canon Eagles including a season at each club as head coach. After returning home to Australia, Hilton was contracted as the forwards coach for the Melbourne Rebels in Super Rugby for the 2015 season.<ref name = cm-2014/><ref name = smh-2014/> He was appointed as head coach of the Melbourne Rising for the 2015 National Rugby Championship.<ref name= rebs-2014/>
==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=25em|refs=
<ref name= rebs-2014>{{cite web |date= 2014 |title= Zane Hilton: Assistant Coach |publisher= Melbourne Rebels |url= https://www.melbournerebels.com.au/team/zane-hilton |access-date= 27 August 2015 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150403221709/https://www.melbournerebels.com.au/team/zane-hilton |archive-date= 3 April 2015}} </ref>
<ref name = cm-2014>{{cite news |date= 4 September 2014 |title= Todd Louden, Zane Hilton join Melbourne Rebels coaching staff as Matt Cockbain, Sean Hedger depart |first=Leo |last=Schlink |work= The Courier Mail |access-date= 27 August 2015 |url= http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/rugby/todd-louden-zane-hilton-join-melbourne-rebels-coaching-staff-as-matt-cockbain-sean-hedger-depart/story-fnii0lgw-1227047326653 }} </ref>
<ref name = smh-2014>{{cite web |date= 4 September 2014 |title= Todd Louden added to Rebels coaching ranks |work= The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date= 27 August 2015 |url= http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-union/union-news/todd-louden-added-to-rebels-coaching-ranks-20140904-10c8pm.html }} </ref>
<ref name = linkedin>{{cite web |date= 2015 |title= Zane Hilton |website= Linkedin |url= https://au.linkedin.com/pub/zane-hilton/38/234/363 |access-date= 27 August 2015}} </ref> }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hilton, Zane}} Category:Living people Category:Australian rugby union coaches Category:1981 births Category:People educated at St Joseph's College, Nudgee