Stephen Hoiles

Full name	Stephen Alan Hoiles
Date of birth	(1981-10-13) 13 October 1981
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	102 kg (16 st 1 lb; 225 lb)
School	Waverley College
Occupation(s)	Commentator Head coach
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose forward Youth career Coogee Seahorses Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2002–2016 Randwick 14 (15) Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2014 NSW Country Eagles 4 (5) Correct as of 18 April 2017 Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2004–2006 2007–2011 2014-2015 Waratahs Brumbies Waratahs 26 48 32 (10) (10) (32) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2004–08 Australia 16 (15) Correct as of 18 April 2017

Stephen Hoiles (born 13 October 1981) is an Australian rugby union coach and former player. He played Super Rugby for the New South Wales Waratahs and previously turned out for the Brumbies. He also represented the Australia national rugby union team. He is currently first grade head coach at Randwick^[1] and was previously head coach of the LA Giltinis in Major League Rugby (MLR) where he won a championship in the team's inaugural season.

Career

Hoiles grew up in Sydney and is a member of the Randwick Rugby Club where he won the 2004 Sydney Club competition.

Hoiles represented the Wallabies for the first time in 2004 at the age of 22 in the Test match against Scotland. Prior to this he had represented Australia in 7's Rugby Union at the age of 20. His professional career spanned over 13 years with some significant setbacks along the way.

He played over 100 first grade games for his club side Randwick as well as over 100 Super Rugby games for the NSW Waratahs and the ACT Brumbies where he was captained for 3 seasons. His professional playing career was put on hold for three & a half seasons with a long term achilles injury. During this time Hoiles travelled to Sweden to have his foot operated on. This surgery allowed Hoiles to return to Professional Rugby where he joined the NSW Waratahs and was a starting member of the Super Rugby Championship winning team in 2014.

Personal life

Hoiles' father Alan was also a former 1st grade player at Randwick who won three 1st grade premierships in the 70's.

Post playing career

Having retired from playing in 2015, Hoiles began his role as a rugby commentator and TV presenter with Fox Sports. In 2018, Hoiles began coaching professionally where he was the assistant coach of the Australia national rugby sevens team.^[2]

References

External links

• Randwick profile
• It's Rugby player profile