Budge Pountney

Infobox Rugby biography
name = Anthony Pountney


caption =
birthname = Anthony Charles Pountney
nickname = "Budge"
dateofbirth =
birthyear = 1973
birthmonth =11
birthday =13
placeofbirth = Southampton, England
dateofdeath =
placeofdeath =
height = convert|1.83|m|ftin|abbr=on
weight = convert|97|kg|stlb|abbr=on
ru_position = flanker|capital=yes
ru_nationalteam = Scotland
ru_nationalyears = 1998-2002
ru_nationalcaps = 31
ru_nationalpoints = (5 tries)
ru_ntupdate = 5 March 2007
ru_amateuryears = 1992-1994
ru_amateurclubs = Northampton Saints
ru_amupdate =5 March 2007
ru_clubyears = 1994-2003
ru_clubcaps = 215
ru_proclubs = Northampton Saints
ru_clubpoints = (46 tries)
ru_clubupdate =5 March 2007
ru_coachclubs = Northampton Saints
ru_coachyears = 2003-2005
ru_coachupdate =5 March 2007
other = yes
occupation = Director of rugby at Saints
family =
spouse =
children =
relatives =
school = The Kings' School, Winchester
university =

Anthony (Budge) Charles Pountney (born 13 November 1973 in Southampton) is the former Director of Rugby at Northampton Saints rugby union club. He formerly played at flanker for Northampton and Scotland. He captained Scotland.

In January 2003 he left Murrayfield in frustration for the last time, after speaking his mind very plainly on the problems he saw there.

He was eligible for Scotland by virtue of a grandmother born in the Channel Islands. Late in 2004 he became head coach of Northampton Saints, together with former England fly-half and teammate Paul Grayson. In July 2005 he became Director of Rugby.

He started his Rugby career playing for the Winchester rugby football club mini rugby sides and from an early age it was evident that he would be a star of the future. He attended Kings' School and Peter Symonds College in Winchester and De Montfort University.

External links

* [http://www.northamptonsaints.co.uk/374_406.php Saints Profile]
* [http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/rugby.cfm?id=20732005 Pountney born again after the turmoil] (The Scotsman, January 8, 2005)