Nick Scrivener

Nick Scrivener (born 1970) is an Australian professional rugby union coach and former player for the ACT Brumbies. As of 2018, he is head coach of Australian National Rugby Championship team the Canberra Vikings,[1] a team he coached previously in 2014 and 2007.

Nick Scrivener
Birth nameNicholas Scrivener
Date of birth1970 (age 50–51)
Place of birthCanberra, ACT
SchoolMarist College Canberra
Rugby union career
Position(s) Head Coach, Canberra Vikings
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1989–1996
1995		 Tuggeranong
Canberra Kookaburras		 ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
1995 Australian Capital Territory ()
Super Rugby
Years Team Apps (Points)
1996 ACT Brumbies ()
Teams coached
Years Team
2018–pres.
2011–2012
2011
2010–2011
2004, 2007		 Canberra Vikings
ARU National Rugby Academy
Edinburgh
Scotland A
Canberra Vikings

Scrivener was previously head coach at Edinburgh and for Scotland A. He was also an assistant coach for the Australian national team for three seasons from 2012 to 2014.[2][3]

Early life

Scrivener grew up in the Australian Capital Territory. He attended Marist College Canberra and played club rugby for Tuggeranong.[4][5]

Rugby career

Scrivener toured with the ACT representative side to New Zealand in 1995,[6] before playing for the Canberra Kookaburras team in the NSW AAMI Cup that finished runner-up later that year.[7] He was a foundation team member of the ACT Brumbies in the inaugural year of the Super 12 competition in 1996.[2]

Coaching career

In 1996, Scrivener began coaching with the ACT Rugby Union in Canberra schools.[2] He became head coach of the ACT Rugby Academy, before joining the Brumbies as an assistant coach in 2000.[2] Scrivener was head coach of the Canberra Vikings team for the Tooheys New Cup in 2004,[8] and again for the Australian Rugby Championship in 2007.[9] He was an assistant coach for Australia A in 2004, and also during the 2008 Pacific Nations Cup.

In 2009, after eight seasons at the Brumbies, Scrivener moved to Scotland where he had been signed by Edinburgh; initially as an assistant coach before taking over as head coach in 2011.[10] He was also the head coach of the Scotland A team in 2010–11.[11]

Scrivener returned to Australia to take up the head coaching position at the ARU's National Rugby Academy program in 2011. He was recruited by Wallabies coach Robbie Deans as an assistant coach for Australia in 2012 and continued as the defence coach with the Wallabies under new head coach Ewen McKenzie until October 2014. Scrivener moved to Japan in 2015 to take up a position as backs coach of Top League team Toyota Verblitz.[12]

He was appointed head coach of the Canberra Vikings for the 2018 season of Australia's National Rugby Championship.[1]

References
  1. "NRC: Former Wallabies assistant to steer Vikings". Rugby.com.au. 27 April 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. Tuxworth, Jon (24 April 2012). "Scrivener goes to school for Wallabies". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. Harris, Bret (7 March 2015). "Former Wallabies assistant coach Nick Scrivener shortlisted for Waratahs". The Australian. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. Forster, Michael (8 July 1989). "Royals to take a slight edge". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  5. Nix, Alwyn (7 September 1992). "Vikings advance to rugby final". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. Nix, Alwyn (26 March 1995). "ACT loses its clean record at the death". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  7. Nix, Alwyn (8 April 1995). "Kookaburras ready for a Souths bruiser". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  8. Kimber, Ben (20 September 2004). "Students prepare for their biggest test". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016.
  9. "Navy Canberra Vikings set for Mazda ARC debut" (Press release). Brumbies Rugby. 8 August 2007. Archived from the original on 31 August 2007. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  10. Stuart, Lewis (3 February 2011). "Nick Scrivener surprised at replacing Rob Moffat at Edinburgh". The Times. Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  11. "Nick Scrivener takes charge of Scotland A side". British Broadcasting Corporation. 3 November 2010. Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  12. "Toyota Verblitz". Japon Rugby. 2015. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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