Matt Williams (born 1960) is a rugby union coach, who is most prominent for having coached the Scotland men's national rugby union team between 2003 and 2005. In addition, Williams has coached club sides in Australia, Ireland, and other parts of Europe. Today, Williams is also a radio and television pundit. Playing career Williams played from 1978 to 1992 with both Eastwood and Western Suburbs Rugby Clubs in Sydney, plus one season with Swansea in Wales. Coaching Williams started in coaching Western Suburbs U 20s 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 semifinals 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. In 1995 his coaching stints included New South Wales A, New South Wales Sevens, and as assistant coach for an Australian XV against England A. He was also a coaching assistant at the Wallaby World Cup camps. He also coached the Balmain Tigers 7s team in the Coca-Cola World Sevens in Sydney, winning the Cup. Williams, a lifelong "Balmain Tigers man" said it was "one of the best experiences of his life." In 1996 he became manager and assistant coach for the NSW Waratahs Super 12 campaign. For the next three years he was Head Coach for the NSW Waratahs. Williams claims he was "instrumental" in mentoring and coaching such great players as Chris Whitaker, David Campese, Matt Burke, Tiaan Strauss, Phil Kearns and Jason Little. Ireland In the autumn of 1999, he acted as backs coach in Leinster Rugby's European Cup campaign, a prelude to becoming the province's head coach in 2000. Williams also undertook the role of defensive coach for the Irish national team in 2001. He was the first Australian Super 12 Coach to move to Europe. Williams said that in the three years at Leinster he "was part of a great group of men" who rose through the European rankings from thirty-five to second. Leinster won the inaugural Celtic League Final and were semi-finalists of the European Cup. Williams coached the former British and Irish Lions Captain Brian O'Driscoll, as well as Gordon D'Arcy, Shane Horgan, Malcolm O'Kelly and Denis Hickie. Williams also