Matt Taylor (born 16 September 1972 in Brisbane, Australia) is an Australian-born Scottish rugby union coach and is the assistant coach (defence) of the Australian National Rugby union team.
[2] He was formerly the assistant coach of the Scotland National Rugby Union [3] team, Glasgow Warriors[4] and the Queensland Reds.
[5] He was capped for Scotland 'A' thus confirming his Scottish nationality under World Rugby regulations.
[6] As a defence coach he has led Queensland Reds to the Super Rugby title in 2011.
[7] Taylor left Glasgow Warriors to follow Gregor Townsend in taking over the Scotland national rugby union team in May 2017.