Matt Proudfoot
| Full name | Matthew Craig Proudfoot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 30 January 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Klerksdorp, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 126 kg (19 st 12 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Potchefstroom High School for Boys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matt Proudfoot (born 30 January 1972) is a South African born former Scottish international rugby union player who played for Glasgow Warriors and Edinburgh Rugby. He is now an assistant coach with South Africa.[1]
Rugby Union Career
Amateur career
Educated at Potchefstroom High School for Boys Proudfoot moved to Scotland and played for Melrose.[2]
Professional career
Proudfoot then represented Edinburgh Rugby. He won 3 international caps while with Edinburgh, before returning to South Africa.
Injury forced him into semi-retirement but he still played for the Leopards and the Blue Bulls. Glasgow Warriors coach Hugh Campbell persuaded him to return to full time Scottish professional rugby.[3]
In 2003 he returned to Scotland to play for Glasgow Warriors.[2] He won 1 more international cap while with the Warriors.[4]
International career
He qualified for Scotland through his Dumfries grandfather.[4]
He made his debut for Scotland in 1998 in a match against Fiji.[5] He was capped 4 times for the national team finishing with a cap against Ireland in 2003.
Coaching career
Proudfoot coached the forwards at Western Province, Stormers and North-West University and Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers in Japan.[1]
On 17 May 2016 it was announced that Proudfoot would be leaving Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers to become an assistant coach with the South Africa national rugby union team.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Proudfoot follows Coetzee to Japan". Sport.
- 1 2 Peter Donald (5 August 2003). "Proudfoot on comeback trail". Telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ "Matt Proudfoot Joins Glasgow".
- 1 2 "Glasgow Warriors - Matt Proudfoot".
- ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Fiji v Scotland at Suva". ESPN scrum.
- ↑ "Proudfoot joins Springbok coaching staff". Planetrugby.com.