Willie Anderson (rugby coach)

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Willie Anderson, born 3 April 1955 in Sixmilecross, is a former Ireland international, who then became assistant coach of the Scotland national rugby union team under head coach Matt Williams.

Anderson was responsible for coaching the Scottish forwards, and was the successor to Todd Blackadder in that role. Unlike Blackadder he did not manage to gain the respect of the senior forwards however, and after a run of dreadful results in which the pack also underperformed massively and personality clashes occurred (notably with Nathan Hines who left Scotland for France, and Tom Smith) he was dismissed together with Williams on April 25, 2005.

After his failure with Scotland, he has now moved down a level and now works as a P.E. teacher and coaching the rugby teams at Sullivan Upper School in Holywood, Northern Ireland.

Anderson was once briefly imprisoned by the Argentine government over an incident with the Argentine flag. This incident involved him urinating all over the flag. Many rugby analysts have been too polite too say that this actually occurred but one did say that "he was sent down for doing something unworthy of a gentleman".

In one of the most memorable moments in sporting history, Anderson along with his French Rugby counterpart Jean Condom (born 15/08/1960), unwittingly became the subject of a very amusing banner spotted by TV cameras in the crowd during a 5 Nations rugby match at Landsdowne Road in Irelands championship campaign of 1985. The banner proudly read 'Our Willies bigger than your Condom!' Incidentially the match ended 15-15.

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