David Knox (rugby)

David Knox is an Australian former rugby union footballer and coach.

Knox was capped 13 times for Australia and was a member of the 1991 Australian World Cup champion squad. He also featured in eight Premiership winning teams with Randwick.

He also played with Petrarca Padova (1986-1989) where he won the 1987 National Championship, Livorno Rugby (1990-1992), Bristol Rugby Club (1998) and Racing Club, Narbonne (1999).

From 1996 he played for the ACT Brumbies, where he subsequently held the position of assistant backs coach, in the Super 12 from 1996-1998 including the 1997 Super 12 (now Super 14) against the Auckland Blues. He also played in the Currie Cup with the Natal Sharks in 1997-1998.

He scored 130 points for the Wallabies, approximately 600 points at provincial level (New South Wales, ACT Brumbies and Natal Sharks) and a club record 2,900 points with Randwick.

Knox has held coaching positions with Padova (2000), Waverley College (2002-2003), South Sydney Rugby League (2003) and Randwick (with Michael Cheika). In 2005 he followed Michael Chelka to Leinster as backs coach.

He left Leinster in 2008 to return to Australia, but in a post-departure interview was controversially critical of individual players, the Irish rugby set-up, Irish provincial team Munster and the appointment of incoming Irish coach Declan Kidney. [BBC News]

References

* [http://www.leinsterrugby.ie Leinster Rugby homepage]