Scott Wisemantel (born 1970), is an Australian former dual code rugby player and current coach, who played

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

for

Eastwood Rugby Club Eastwood Rugby is a rugby union club playing in the Sydney Premier Rugby competition. The Eastwood District extends from the Parramatta River at Meadowbank to the Hawkesbury River at Wisemans Ferry. The Club currently plays at TG Millner Field ...

and

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

for the

Parramatta Eels The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League. The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and their ...

. He is currently assistant coaching the

Australian national rugby union team The Australia national rugby union team, nicknamed the Wallabies, is the representative national team in the sport of rugby union for the nation of Australia. The team first played at Sydney in 1899, winning their first test match against the ...

Playing career

* 1988–1992 :

(

Rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

Club) * 1992–1999 :

(

Rugby Union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

Club), playing at fly half.

Career coach

* 1999–2000 : Japan

Toyota Verblitz Toyota Verblitz is a Japanese rugby union team in the Japan Rugby League One. Verblitz is a portmanteau of ''verde'' (Spanish and Portuguese for 'green') and ''blitz'' (German for 'lightning'). The team is owned by Toyota Motor Corporation and is ...

(backs coach) * 2001–2002 : Australia

NSW Waratahs The New South Wales Waratahs ( or ;), referred to as the Waratahs, are an Australian professional rugby union team representing the majority of New South Wales in the Super Rugby competition. The Riverina and other southern parts of the state ...

(skills) * 2002–2003 : France AS Montferrand (backs coach) * 2004–2005 : Australia Under 19 National Team (head coach) * 2004–2007 : Australia (skills) * 2009–2010 : Australia

(backs coach) * 2011 : Manu Samoa Specialist Coach World Cup * 2012–2013 : Japan National Team (backs coach) * November 2013 : Japan National Team (interim head coach) * 2014–2015 : France

Lyon OU Lyon Olympique Universitaire or LOU is a French rugby union team based in Lyon that currently competes in the Top 14, the highest level of the country's professional league system, having been most recently promoted for the 2016–17 season af ...

(backs coach) * 2015 : Japan (working with Eddie Jones at the World Cup) * 2015 – 2018 : France

Montpellier Hérault Rugby Montpellier Hérault Rugby (; oc, Montpelhièr Erau Rugbi Club) is a French professional rugby union club, based in Montpellier, Occitanie and named after the Hérault river. The club competes in the top level of the French league system, the ...

(assistant coach and backs coach, alongside club manager

Jake White Jake White (born 13 December 1963 as ''Jacob Westerduin'') is a professional rugby union coach and former coach of the South African national team – the ''Springboks'' – whom he coached to victory in 2007 Rugby World Cup and the 2004 Tri ...

and forwards coach

Shaun Sowerby Shaun Sowerby (born ) is a South African rugby union player and went to Sasolburg highschool. He is currently a forwards coach for Biarritz Rugby in the top French rugby competition, the Top 14. Prior to coaching Biarritz, he had a two-year spel ...

) * 2016 : Australia XV (head coach v

French Barbarians The Barbarian Rugby Club, more commonly known as the French Barbarians, is a rugby union team formed in 1979 and based in France. It was founded as an amateur invitational team modeled on the Barbarian F.C. From the start of the 2017–18 season, ...

) * 2018 : England Rugby (attack consultant on the South Africa tour, subsequently extended.) *2020 : Australia (attack consultant) When Wisemantel was coaching the Waratahs, he introduced the idea of his back three all working as full backs.

Honors

Rugby World Cup 2003 The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby World Cup. Originally planned to be hosted by India, all games were shifted to Australia following a contractual dispute over ground signage rights between the Indian Rugby Union and Rugby World Cup ...

**Runner-up: 2003

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wisemantel, Scott Australian rugby union coaches Japan national rugby team coaches Australian rugby union players Australian rugby league players 1970 births Living people Parramatta Eels players Rugby union fly-halves Samoa national rugby union team coaches Australian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Australian expatriate sportspeople in Samoa Australian expatriate sportspeople in France Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Place of birth missing (living people)