Matt Williams

Matt Williams (born 1960) is a rugby union coach who is best known for having led the Scotland men's national rugby union team between 2003 and 2005 to 14 losses in 17 starts. Williams has also coached club sides in Australia, and other teams in Europe. Currently, he works as a radio and television pundit. Playing career Williams played from 1978 to 1992 with both Eastwood and Western Suburbs Rugby Clubs in Sydney and one season with Swansea RFC in Wales. Coaching Williams started in coaching Western Suburbs U20s in Sydney, Australia in 1992. A year later he became head coach of his former club Eastwood in Sydney in 1993, immediately taking them to the semi-finals in both 1993 and 1994. A major improvement from their lowly position when he arrived. Later that year he gained representative recognition when he was appointed fitness and skills coach for the Emerging Wallabies' tour of Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa.