Anthony Charles 'Budge' Pountney (born 13 November 1973) is a rugby union coach and retired player.

Pountney was born in Southampton in England, but had a grandmother from the Channel Islands which made him eligible for any of the British national teams.

[4][5] He started in the Northampton side that won the 2000 Heineken Cup Final, defeating Munster at Twickenham.

[11] He scored a try against New Zealand in the quarter-finals, although the All Blacks won the match and brought Scotland's tournament came to an end.

[13] In January 2002, returning from injury, he captained Scotland against England in their opening match of the 2002 Six Nations Championship.

[15] Late in 2004 he became head coach of Northampton Saints, together with former England fly-half and teammate Paul Grayson.

[19] He then worked as Head of Rugby at Marlborough College and moved to Regent House School in Newtownards in 2017.