Tai McIsaac
| Birth name | Tai McIsaac | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 March 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 112 kg (17 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tai McIsaac (born 19 March 1975, in Brisbane) is an Australian rugby union football coach, and a former professional player. He is currently the head coach of the Perth Spirit team in Australia's National Rugby Championship.[1] McIsaac played as a hooker for the Western Force and Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition before retiring from playing in 2009.
Career
Prior to rugby, McIsaac had been a National League
Crusaders. Also that year, McIsaac toured Japan with Australia A.[2]
In 2005, he signed with the Western Force for their inaugural season in 2006. McIsaac made his debut for the Wallabies against England in 2006, and went on to claim 8 Test caps in that season. After four seasons at the Force, he retired from playing rugby in 2009.[3]
McIsaac began his coaching career with
Toyota Industries Shuttles for several seasons until 2013–14.[3] He then returned to Australia to take up an assistant coaching position at the Western Force in 2015. He was also appointed head coach of the Perth Spirit for the 2015 season of the National Rugby Championship.[1]
References
- ^ a b Taylor, Nick (22 July 2015). "New role for Force's McIsaac". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 4 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ^ "Tai McIsaac and Richard Brown join Western Force". Sports Australia. 17 April 2005. Archived from the original on 3 September 2006.
- ^ a b "Club favourite returns for Force's 10th season". RugbyWA. 28 November 2014. Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
External links
- Tai McIsaac at ESPNscrum
- Tai McIsaac at ItsRugby.co.uk
- "Player Profile", Western Force, archived from the original on 31 August 2007
- "Staff and Members", Toyota Shokki, archived from the original on 31 July 2013