Former South African rugby union player/current coach
Rugby player
Scott Mathie
Full name Scott Mathie Date of birth (1983-02-01 ) 1 February 1983 (age 41) Place of birth Durban Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Weight 82 kg (181 lb; 12 st 13 lb) Occupation(s) Head Coach
Scott Mathie (born 1 February 1983 in Durban, South Africa ) is a rugby union current coach and former player. He played as a scrum-half for the Blue Bulls, Sharks , Leeds Carnegie, Sale Sharks and Eastern Province Kings .[ 1] He retired in October 2013. He is the current head coach of the New England Free Jacks in Major League Rugby (MLR).
Professional career
He joined the Eastern Province Kings in 2012.[ 2] He made 23 appearances for them in 2012 and 2013. He was initially named in the Southern Kings squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season , but was later released to the 2013 Vodacom Cup squad.[ 3]
Coaching career
He was appointed assistant coach of the Griquas under Brent Ranse van Rensburg . He was further appointed as Head coach of the Griquas[ 4] for the 2020-2021 season on the 5 September 2019.
He was appointed as head coach of the New England Free Jacks [ 5] for the 2022 season on 9 September 2021.
in his 3 seasons as head coach of the New England Free Jacks .
he went 38-10 in the regular season
5-1 in the MLR playoffs
2-1 in eastern conference championship 2-0 in the MLR championship
he was also coach of the year in 2022 and 2024
On 16 August 2024 he was appointed Attack and Backs Coach at Edinburgh Rugby
Honours
New England Free Jacks
References
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