Joe Schmidt (rugby union)

Joe Schmidt

Birth name	Josef Schmidt
Date of birth	(1965-09-12) 12 September 1965 (age 58)
Place of birth	Kawakawa, New Zealand
Rugby union career
Coaching career Years Team 2003–2004 Bay of Plenty (asst. coach) 2004–2007 Blues (asst. coach) 2007–2010 Clermont (asst. coach) 2010–2013 Leinster 2013–2019 Ireland 2022–2023 Blues (asst. coach) 2022–2023 New Zealand (selector, coach) 2024–present Australia

Josef Schmidt HonFRCSI^[1] (born 12 September 1965) is a rugby union coach, born in New Zealand, who is the current head coach of the Australian Wallabies.

Schmidt coached Bay of Plenty, and was an assistant coach with the Blues and Clermont Auvergne. He joined Leinster as head coach in 2010, and brought unprecedented success to the province, reaching six finals and winning four trophies in three years.

He was then head coach of Ireland from 2013 to 2019. In six years under his leadership, Ireland won three Six Nations Championships, including a Grand Slam in 2018. Ireland were ranked number 1 in the World Rugby Rankings for the first time in their history in 2019, and recorded their first-ever wins over New Zealand. After leaving Ireland, he served as the attack coach for the All Blacks from 2022 to 2023.